# Accident 19730726022319A: Cessna A188A, Sublette, KS, July 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1973
- Place: Sublette, KS
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.4822° N, 100.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sublette, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4822&lon=-100.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5685J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5685J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,979 total, 484 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCQ01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730726022319A

## Narrative

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

ACFT R WING HIT GROWING CORN ALONGSIDE RWY ACFT VEERED INTO DITCH.UNLTD RWY,BUGS ON WINDSHIELD.

## 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 MKC74DCQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCQ01), Jul 26, 1973: Cessna 188A (N5685J), Sublette, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5685J (1)

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

- [Incident 19860507026019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860507026019I), May 7, 1986: Cessna A188A (N5685J), Hector, MN, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed during landing after spray run. Bolts broken and attach fitting cracked.

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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