# NTSB IAD80FLT05: Cessna 152, N49867, Memphis, TN, March 25, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: March 25, 1980
- Place: Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 28, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131922
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD80FLT05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLT05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0543  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49867-1989-07-10), registration cancelled 1989-07-10, S/N 15281370 (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: Memphis Intl

## 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 19800325007079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800325007079A), Mar 25, 1980: Cessna 152, Memphis, TN, Destroyed. Student pilot made intersection takeoff on short end of wrong runway, downwind. Ran off end into a ditch.

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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