# NTSB MIA80FA025: Cessna 152, N48956, Tampa, FL, January 12, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 12, 1980
- Place: Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132265
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA80FA025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA025

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48956-1982-03-02), registration cancelled 1982-03-02, S/N 15281071, built 1977 (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: Peter O.Knight

## 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 19800112000139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800112000139A), Jan 12, 1980: Cessna 152, Tampa, FL, Destroyed. Weather deteriorated suddenly with student pilot in pattern. Student flew into clouds, lost control. Crashed in bay

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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