# Accident 20030301003949A: Cessna 152, Greenwood, SC, March 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2003, 01:15 local time
- Place: Greenwood, SC
- Airport: Greenwood County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2486° N, 82.1589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2486&lon=-82.1589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67524, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67524-2007-01-23) (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: 90 total, 80 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030301003949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS RETURNING TO AIKEN, SC FROM DONALDSON AIRPORT IN GREENVILLE, SC. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT WITH MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. PILOT, UPON ENTERING THE CLOUD, DESCENDED FIRST THEN STARTED A TURN. DURING THE TURN, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO THE TREES.

## 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 ATL03LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA050), Mar 1, 2003: Cessna 152 (N67524), Greenwood, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and loss of aircraft control, which resulted in an in-flight collision with the ground.

## Other reports on N67524 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940703017199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940703017199A), Jul 3, 1994: Cessna 152 (N67524), Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. Lost control during short field practice takeoff. Lost control veered off runway. Struck five parked aircraft.

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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