# Accident 19750207001789A: Cessna A188, Thermal, CA, February 7, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1975
- Place: Thermal, CA
- Airport: Thermal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.6262° N, 116.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thermal, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6262&lon=-116.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8095V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8095V-1975-04-02) (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: 17,300 total, 2,112 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75FUG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUG31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750207001789A

## Narrative

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

AIL CABLES HOOKED UP BACKWARDS.

## 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 LAX75FUG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUG31), Feb 7, 1975: Cessna 188 (N8095V), Thermal, CA, destroyed

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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