# Accident 19800521016949A: Cessna 152, Jerome, MI, May 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1980, 12:20 local time
- Place: Jerome, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 42.0270° N, 84.4694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jerome, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0270&lon=-84.4694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5104B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5104B-1983-05-24) (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: 77 total, 77 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800521016949A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS OBSERVED AIRPLANE IN DIVE INTO TREES. PILOT WAS PRACTICING COMMERCIAL PILOT MANUEVERS.

## 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 CHI80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA040), May 21, 1980: Cessna 152 (N5104B), Jerome, MI, 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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