# Accident 19800218003379A: Cessna 152, Vale, NC, February 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1980, 18:10 local time
- Place: Vale, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N25488 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 183 total, 24 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800218003379A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED AREA, PULLED UP INTO VERTICAL CLIMB FROM TREE-TOP LEVEL & STALLED. DIVED VERTICALLY TO GROUND.

## 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 IAD80FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA025), Feb 18, 1980: Cessna 152 (N25488), Vale, NC, destroyed, 2 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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