- Date
- January 12, 1980
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48956Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800112000139A
- Case key
- 132265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0033 80/1/12 TAMPA,FL CESSNA 152 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 55 TOTAL TIME - 0802 N48956 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETER O.KNIGHT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WITNESSES OBSD PLT ENTER CLD DRG BASE TURN,THEN DEP CLD IN STEEP SPIRALING DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48956
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Peter O.Knight
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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.