# Accident 19740603018589A: Cessna A188, Center, CO, June 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1974
- Place: Center, CO
- Airport: Leach Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.7849° N, 106.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEACH (1V8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7849&lon=-106.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4KL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4KL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 125 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74DTE85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTE85) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740603018589A

## Narrative

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

RT TAIL WHEEL STEERING CABLE FAILED,TIME UNDET.

## 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 DEN74DTE85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTE85), Jun 3, 1974: Cessna 188 (N4KL), Center, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4KL (1)

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

- [Incident 19940426026829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940426026829I), Apr 26, 1994: Cessna A188B (N4KL), Cut Bank, MT, Minor damage. Returning to base heard noise in aircraft. After landing found bullet hole 16 inch ahead cockpit. Fbi investigating

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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