# Accident 19800702024671A: Cessna 152, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757SF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757SF-1982-03-26) (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: 2,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 254 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800702024671A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED IN FLIGHT WITH N69244. BOTH TRAINING AIRPLANES IN PRACTICE AREA. RAIN AND HAZE IN AREA.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N69244, Cessna 152: [Accident 19800702024672A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800702024672A)

## 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 MIA80FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA078), Jul 2, 1980: Cessna 152 (N757SF), Ft Lauderdale, FL, destroyed, 4 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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