- Date
- March 25, 1980
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N49867Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800325007079A
- Case key
- 131922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0543 80/3/25 MEMPHIS,TN CESSNA 152 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1020 N49867 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMPHIS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- STU PLT FAILED TO SET HDG IND,WAS CLEARED TO TKOF ON RWY 3.TKOF ON LAST 1250FT OF RWY 27.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49867
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Memphis Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.