# Accident 19790702013329A: Cessna 152, Beaumont, TX, July 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1979
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89215, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89215) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790702013329A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT WAS STOLEN DURING THE NIGHT. IT WAS FOUND BESIDE THE RUNWAY THE NEXT MORNING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N89215 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970707022849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970707022849I), Jul 7, 1997: Cessna 152 (N89215), Grand Canyon, AZ. Landed airport closed for paving. Closure not on ATIS. No NOTAMS. Landed. No action.
- [Incident 19931029043659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931029043659I), Oct 29, 1993: Cessna 152 (N89215), Madera, CA, Minor damage. Student made a hard landing flying a tailwheel aircraft. Bounced and propeller struck runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.