# Accident 19800326010339A: Cessna 152, Apison, TN, March 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1980, 18:40 local time
- Place: Apison, TN
- Airport: Collegedale
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0444° N, 85.0201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLLEGEDALE MUNI (FGU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0444&lon=-85.0201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4896H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4896H-1983-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800326010339A

## Narrative

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

APPROACHING RELATIVE'S RESIDENCE, AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES AT TREE-TOP LEVEL.

## 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 IAD80FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA034), Mar 26, 1980: Cessna 152 (N4896H), Apison, TN, 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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