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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Fairmont, WV · July 17, 1980

Date: July 17, 1980 · 20:30 local
Place: Fairmont, WV
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N47573
Reported as: Cessna 152
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total4,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N47573Registration cancelled Aug 27, 1990 · Cessna 152S/N 15283237 Airframe modelCessna 152

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot attempted takeoff from short freshly mowed field. Aborted. Unable to stop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM SHORT FRESHLY MOWED FIELD. ABORTED. UNABLE TO STOP.