# Accident 19750328006579A: Cessna A188B, Port Lavaca, TX, March 28, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1975
- Place: Port Lavaca, TX
- Airport: Tanner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 28.6180° N, 96.6283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Lavaca, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6180&lon=-96.6283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85987, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85987-1992-01-06) (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: 10,000 total, 720 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75DRG64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DRG64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750328006579A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT LEVEES.FUEL GAGES IND 1/4 TANK AVAIL.

## 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 FTW75DRG64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DRG64), Mar 28, 1975: Cessna 188 (N85987), Port Lavaca, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N85987 (1)

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

- [Accident 19910728030289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910728030289A), Jul 28, 1991: Cessna A188B (N85987), Driscoll, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck telephone pole guy wires during ag operation. Impact severed six feet left wing. Rolled and crashed.

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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