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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Levelland, TX · July 19, 1980

Date
July 19, 1980 · 18:30 local
Place
Levelland, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N69222
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.

Boy showing off to girl-friend started engine & taxiied to runway. Lost control. Hit soft ground, flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

BOY SHOWING OFF TO GIRL-FRIEND STARTED ENGINE & TAXIIED TO RUNWAY. LOST CONTROL. HIT SOFT GROUND, FLIPPED OVER.