# NTSB Accident ATL02LA050
> **Cessna 152** · 2002-02-21 · Blowing Rock, NC, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL02LA050
- **Event ID:** 20020228X00278
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-02-21
- **Location:** Blowing Rock, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.131942, -81.542778
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N757AS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's in-flight decision to continue flight into an area with high winds that resulted in an in-flight encounter with a downdraft and subsequent loss of control of the airplane and collision with terrain.

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