# Accident 19750404007429A: Cessna A188B, Caruthersville, MO, April 4, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1975
- Place: Caruthersville, MO
- Airport: Caruthersville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 36.1691° N, 89.6765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARUTHERSVILLE MEML (M05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1691&lon=-89.6765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8278G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8278G-2004-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TP500 series (registry code 17050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tp500-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,954 total, 165 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FCA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750404007429A

## Narrative

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

FUEL INJECTORS SET TOO LEAN.

## 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 MKC75FCA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCA23), Apr 4, 1975: Cessna 188B (N8278G), Caruthersville, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8278G (2)

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

- [Accident 19910624023789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910624023789A), Jun 24, 1991: Cessna A188B (N8278G), Delta, CO, Substantial damage. Lost fuel pressure on spray run. Engine quit. Landing on road,struck a sign. Fuel pressure line broke. Over torqued
- [Accident 19820611022119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820611022119A), Jun 11, 1982: Cessna 188B (N8278G), Central, UT, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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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