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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Lockport, NY · November 4, 1981

Date
November 4, 1981 · 03:10 local
Place
Lockport, NY
Airport
Transit
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N45970
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC82FFJ02
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
336 total336 in this make and model35 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.

Aircraft took off and entered patchy fog. Pilot lost control and aircraft crashed during turn.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND ENTERED PATCHY FOG. PILOT LOST CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING TURN.

NTSB investigation

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