# Accident 19800112000139A: Cessna 152, Tampa, FL, January 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1980, 08:02 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Peter O. Knight
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9154° N, 82.4494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER O KNIGHT (TPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48956, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48956-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 54 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800112000139A

## Narrative

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

WEATHER DETERIORATED SUDDENLY WITH STUDENT PILOT IN PATTERN. STUDENT FLEW INTO CLOUDS, LOST CONTROL. CRASHED IN BAY

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA80FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA025), Jan 12, 1980: Cessna 152 (N48956), Tampa, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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.

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