# Accident 19810519027079A: Cessna 152, Tahoe City, NV, May 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1981, 10:50 local time
- Place: Tahoe City, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N24505, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24505-2012-08-14) (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: 451 total, 101 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DXQ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DXQ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810519027079A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SNOW AND AIRFRAME ICING. LOST CONTROL, CRASHED ON MOUNTAIN RIDGE.

## 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 LAX81DXQ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DXQ17), May 19, 1981: Cessna 152 (N24505), Truckee, CA, 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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