# Accident 19810126002769A: Cessna 152, North Las Vegas, NV, January 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1981, 18:06 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48833, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48833-2015-05-19) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 276 total, 78 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FVW07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVW07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810126002769A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX81FVW07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVW07), Jan 26, 1981: Cessna 152 (N48833), Las Vegas, NV, 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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