- Date
- May 21, 1980
- Place
- Jerome, MI · JEROME, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5104BCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800521016949A
- Case key
- 131690
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0420 80/5/21 JEROME,MI CESSNA 152 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 77 TOTAL TIME - 1229 N5104B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE REMARKS- WITNESS OBSD ACFT APRX 700FT IN 50DEG DIVE.COLLIDED W TREES IN APRX 30DEG DIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5104B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reynolds Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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