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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Bemidji, MN · August 7, 1981

Date
August 7, 1981 · 12:04 local
Place
Bemidji, MN
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N25774
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
42 total42 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.

Pilot observed doing steep turns over residential area. Aircraft stalled and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OBSERVED DOING STEEP TURNS OVER RESIDENTIAL AREA. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED.