# Incident 19850303024599I: Cessna 152, Chester, SC, March 3, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1985, 17:05 local time
- Place: Chester, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7023° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chester, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7023&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49897, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49897-2009-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850303024599I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CIRCLING TO ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL TO PERSONS ON GROUND AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWERLINE. LANDED IN FIELD.

## Other reports on N49897 (2)

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

- [Accident 20090628047389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090628047389A), Jun 28, 2009: Cessna 152 (N49897), Mt. Pleasant, SC, Substantial damage. Student pilot was landing on runway 35 at Mt. Pleasant airport, (lro) near charleston, SC. The airplane bounced 3 times, the pilot added power and the airplane…
- [Incident 19810912066649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810912066649I), Sep 12, 1981: Cessna 152 (N49897), Edisto Beach, SC, Minor damage. Za engine running rough. Landed on the Beach. Damaged nose gear. Engine problem unidentified.

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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