# Accident 19800729030639A: Cessna 150L, Jonesboro, TN, July 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1980, 19:20 local time
- Place: Jonesboro, TN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2961° N, 82.4764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jonesborough, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2961&lon=-82.4764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16087, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16087-1980-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total, 82 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FKW18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKW18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800729030639A

## Narrative

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

DOWNDRAFT ON CLIMB-OUT. NEAR RIDGE TOP SAW OBSTRUCTIONS. FROZE ON CONTROLS. WING HIT GROUND. CARTWHEELED AIRPLANE.

## 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 ATL80FKW18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKW18), Jul 29, 1980: Cessna 150L (N16087), Jonesboro, TN, 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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