# Accident 19740328036959A: Cessna A188, Vidal, CA, March 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1974
- Place: Vidal, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.1189° N, 114.5102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vidal, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1189&lon=-114.5102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9799V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9799V-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188 (registry code 2073004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,020 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DUG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUG48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740328036959A

## Narrative

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

AILERON CABLE SEPARATED IN FLT.EMGCY LDG IN OPEN DESERT.REASON FOR CABLE SEPARATION NOT REPORTED.

## 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 LAX74DUG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DUG48), Mar 28, 1974: Cessna A188 (N9799V), Vidal, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9799V (1)

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

- [Accident 19800528023269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800528023269A), May 28, 1980: Cessna A188 (N9799V), Parker, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot lost aileron control. Found right aileron rod assembly to aileron bellcrank was not connected to aileron.

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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