# Incident 19880704037289I: Cessna 152, West Jefferson, NC, July 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1988, 19:45 local time
- Place: West Jefferson, NC
- Airport: Ashe County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4325° N, 81.4185° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHE COUNTY (GEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4325&lon=-81.4185&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49908, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49908-2000-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880704037289I

## Narrative

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

CALLED FOR HELP AFTER ENTERING CLOUDS. NO IFR TRAINING AND GYRO HORIZON INOP. WAS RADAR VECTORED TO VFR AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N49908 (1)

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

- [Accident 19971124041209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971124041209A), Nov 24, 1997: Cessna 152 (N49908), Woodstock, IL, Substantial damage. Tail struck power line on short final landing. Indicates flew under wires on final. (.4)the pilot said that he was en route to harvard, Illinois, in the…

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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