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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Greeleyville, SC · July 2, 1979

Date
July 2, 1979 · 20:20 local
Place
Greeleyville, SC
Airport
Lesesne
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N757WH
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,701 total480 in this make and model196 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Plt stated engine lost power on climbout. Landed in soft dirt, flipped over. No engine malfunction found.

As the FAA filed it

PLT STATED ENGINE LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED IN SOFT DIRT, FLIPPED OVER. NO ENGINE MALFUNCTION FOUND.