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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Connellsville, PA · August 9, 1980

Date
August 9, 1980 · 16:00 local
Place
Connellsville, PA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N46483
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FGM26
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
810 total375 in this make and model185 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.

Pilot stalled aircraft and crashed trying to clear mountain ridge.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED TRYING TO CLEAR MOUNTAIN RIDGE.

NTSB investigation

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