# Accident 19801218086659A: Cessna 152, Thurber, TX, December 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1980, 13:10 local time
- Place: Thurber, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.5074° N, 98.4173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thurber, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5074&lon=-98.4173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49124, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49124-1982-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FPD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPD07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801218086659A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW81FPD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPD07), Dec 18, 1980: Cessna 152 (N49124), Thurber, TX, destroyed

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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