# Accident 19800204001669A: Cessna 152, Dowagiac, MI, February 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Dowagiac, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9834° N, 86.1128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dowagiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9834&lon=-86.1128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4746B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4746B-1996-09-06) (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: 48 total, 12 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FET07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800204001669A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN FIELD. SURFACE WAS SOFT. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED.

## 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 CHI80FET07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET07), Feb 4, 1980: Cessna 152 (N4746B), Dowagiac, MI, substantial damage

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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