# NTSB IAD80FA025: Cessna 152, N25488, Vale, NC, February 18, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 18, 1980
- Place: Vale, NC · VALE, NC
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 23, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132179
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD80FA025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0026  80/2/18    VALE,NC             CESSNA 152          CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 183
        TIME - 1810                    N25488              PX-  1  0  0  TRAINING                  TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HART
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HICKORY,NC                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
        REMARKS- PULLED UP SHARPLY FM LOW ALT,ROLL NRLY INVERTED,FELL OFF WING,CRASHED.FLAPS DWN 15DEG,CARB HEAT ON
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N25488 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hart

## 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 19800218003379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800218003379A), Feb 18, 1980: Cessna 152, Vale, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Buzzed area, pulled up into vertical climb from tree-top level & stalled. Dived vertically to ground.

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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