# Accident 19850301004979A: Cessna 152, Warsaw, NC, March 1, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1985, 15:40 local time
- Place: Warsaw, NC
- Airport: P B Raiford
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9893° N, 78.1796° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9893&lon=-78.1796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757FP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 77 total, 57 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL85FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850301004979A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. SPECIAL WEATHER OBSERVATION AFTER PILOT BRIEFING FORECAST IFR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL85FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA106), Mar 1, 1985: Cessna 152 (N757FP), Warsaw, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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