# Accident 19740725024439A: Cessna A188B, Fairfax, SC, July 25, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1974
- Place: Fairfax, SC
- Airport: Purser Ag Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 32.9592° N, 81.2362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfax, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9592&lon=-81.2362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8438G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8438G-2023-06-15) (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: 1,200 total, 215 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75FLG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FLG06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740725024439A

## Narrative

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

FATIGUE CRACK IN R HORIZONTAL STAB REAR SPAR AND CHANNEL ASSEMBLY

## 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 MIA75FLG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FLG06), Jul 25, 1974: Cessna A188B (N8438G), Fairfax, SC, 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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