# Accident 19810315011319A: Cessna 152, Silver City, NM, March 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Grant Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Takeoff Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6365° N, 108.1564° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANT COUNTY (SVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6365&lon=-108.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4779B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4779B-2004-09-29) (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: 3,010 total, 119 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810315011319A

## Narrative

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

GAVE STUDENT SIMULATED ENGINE-OUT ON TAKEOFF. ALLOWED STUDENT TO LAND ON ROAD NEXT TO RUNWAY. WING HIT ROAD SIGN.

## 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 FTW81DQD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD15), Mar 15, 1981: Cessna 152 (N4779B), Silver City, NM, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.