19810126002769A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · North Las Vegas, NV · January 26, 1981

Date
January 26, 1981 · 18:06 local
Place
North Las Vegas, NV
Airport
North Las Vegas
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N48833
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FVW07
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
276 total78 in this make and model0 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.

On night flight, became too low on final for runway. Struck power lines, crashed inverted.

As the FAA filed it

ON NIGHT FLIGHT, BECAME TOO LOW ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY. STRUCK POWER LINES, CRASHED INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

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