# Accident 19740715023209A: Cessna A188B, Tracy, CA, July 15, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1974
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Paradise
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 37.7274° N, 121.4522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tracy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7274&lon=-121.4522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8298G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8298G-1977-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total, 32 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75DVD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740715023209A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED INTO SUN,DIRTY WINDSHIELD. HIT TRUCK.

## 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 OAK75DVD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVD04), Jul 15, 1974: Cessna 188 (N8298G), Tracy, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8298G (1)

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

- [Accident 19750910029469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750910029469A), Sep 10, 1975: Cessna A188B (N8298G), Monte Vista, CO, Substantial damage

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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