# Incident 19791014052729I: Cessna 152, Georgetown, IN, October 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1979, 15:15 local time
- Place: Georgetown, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2989° N, 85.9630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2989&lon=-85.9630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49924, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49924-2001-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791014052729I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE BECAME ROUGH, PILOT CHECKED FOR CARB ICE. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD. PRIMER UNLOCKED AND OUT.

## Other reports on N49924 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820430023039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820430023039A), Apr 30, 1982: Cessna 152 (N49924), White Sulphur S, WV, Destroyed. Made turn into rising terrain on climbout instead of normal highway gap route. Near gross weight. Flew into trees.
- [Accident 19780509009849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780509009849A), May 9, 1978: Cessna A150K (N49924), Yankton, SD, Substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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