# Accident 19800719035609A: Cessna 152, Berlin, CT, July 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Berlin, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6215° N, 72.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berlin, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6215&lon=-72.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24976, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24976-1981-05-01) (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: 214 total, 12 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNE23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNE23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800719035609A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC80FNE23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNE23), Jul 19, 1980: Cessna 152 (N24976), Berlin, CT, destroyed

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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