# Accident 19800420009039A: Cessna 152, Ft Collins, CO, April 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ft Collins, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64818, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64818-2010-12-02) (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: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTE40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800420009039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING AND CRASHED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 DEN80FTE40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE40), Apr 20, 1980: Cessna 152 (N64818), Ft Collins, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N64818 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820329011199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820329011199I), Mar 29, 1982: Cessna 152 (N64818), Loveland, CO, Minor damage. Severe wind gust on taxi after landing blew airplane into a ditch. Surface wind exceeded safe ground operations.

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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