# NTSB CHI80FA040: Cessna 152, N5104B, Jerome, MI, May 21, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 21, 1980
- Place: Jerome, MI · JEROME, MI
- Location: 42.0270° N, 84.4694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jerome, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0270&lon=-84.4694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131690
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FA040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5104B-1983-05-24), registration cancelled 1983-05-24, S/N 15283745 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Reynolds Field

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800521016949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800521016949A), May 21, 1980: Cessna 152, Jerome, MI, Destroyed. Witness observed airplane in dive into trees. Pilot was practicing commercial pilot manuevers.

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.

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