# Accident 19800913041459A: Cessna A152, Bluefield, WV, September 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1980, 19:21 local time
- Place: Bluefield, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2628° N, 81.2113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bluefield, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2628&lon=-81.2113&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4870A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4870A-1995-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A152 (registry code 2071836, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,292 total, 122 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800913041459A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO TREES ON MOUNTAIN, NEAR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED AT SAME TIME. SUSPECT LOW ALTITUDE CHASE.

## 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 ATL80FA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA096), Sep 13, 1980: Cessna 152 (N4870A), Bluefield, WV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4870A (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900725028489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900725028489A), Jul 25, 1990: Cessna A152 (N4870A), Louisville, OH, Substantial damage. Landed at unmowed,tall grass strip by error. Tried to take off,catapulted into air nose high on a hump and stalled.
- [Incident 19850112008709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850112008709I), Jan 12, 1985: Cessna A152 (N4870A), Blue Ash, OH, Minor damage. Lost directional control on snow packed runway. Left wheel fairing may have been snow packed.

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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