# Accident 19750515012479A: Cessna A188A, Merced, CA, May 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1975
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.3114° N, 120.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3114&lon=-120.4704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9957G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9957G-2004-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75DVA62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVA62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750515012479A

## Narrative

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

HUB FAILED & 1 BLADE SEPARATED.ENG ALSO SEPARATED,DMGD WG & HORIZ STAB.PROP OVERHAULED NOV 73.

## 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 OAK75DVA62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVA62), May 15, 1975: Cessna A188A (N9957G), Merced, CA, 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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