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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Berlin, CT · July 19, 1980

Date
July 19, 1980 · 16:30 local
Place
Berlin, CT
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N24976
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FNE23
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
214 total12 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

Airplane buzzed area several times at tree top level, struck trees during altitude loss in a steep bank.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE BUZZED AREA SEVERAL TIMES AT TREE TOP LEVEL, STRUCK TREES DURING ALTITUDE LOSS IN A STEEP BANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.