# Accident 19801016056979A: Cessna 152, Flushing, MI, October 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Flushing, MI
- Airport: Flushing Dalton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0628° N, 83.8426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flushing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0628&lon=-83.8426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24251, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24251-1990-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801016056979A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKE OFF ON SHORT GRASS STRIP WITH WATER HOLES, OVER GROSS. WAITED TOO LONG TO ABORT. WENT INTO DITCH.

## 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 CHI81DEC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC01), Oct 16, 1980: Cessna 152 (N24251), Flushing, MI, substantial damage

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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