# Accident 19800918042189A: Cessna 152, Clairmont, TX, September 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1980, 10:05 local time
- Place: Clairmont, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1665° N, 100.7526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clairemont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1665&lon=-100.7526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25860, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25860) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,766 total, 1,979 in this make and model, 274 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800918042189A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER ON PIPELINE PATROL. LANDED ON RIGHT-OF-WAY. FOUND BROKEN VALVE IN NO.3 CYLINDER.

## 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 FTW80FQG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG41), Sep 18, 1980: Cessna 152 (N25860), Clairemont, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N25860 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950510022029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950510022029I), May 10, 1995: Cessna 152 (N25860), Blythe, CA, Minor damage. Ran out of fuel on solo cross country. Landed on a road.

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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