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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Thurber, TX · December 18, 1980

Date
December 18, 1980 · 13:10 local
Place
Thurber, TX
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N49124
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FPD07
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
49 total49 in this make and model47 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.

Student encountered severe turbulence en route at low altitude. Struck power-lines and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE EN ROUTE AT LOW ALTITUDE. STRUCK POWER-LINES AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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