# Accident 19760326007189A: Cessna A188B, Lemoore, CA, March 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1976
- Place: Lemoore, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.2953° N, 119.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lemoore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2953&lon=-119.7973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4451Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4451Q-1976-05-17) (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: 9,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FVA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVA51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760326007189A

## Narrative

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

PLT DIED 3/29/76. SPRAYING ALFALFA.PLT SUFFERED FM MENTAL STRAIN.

## 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 OAK76FVA51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVA51), Mar 26, 1976: Cessna 188C (N4451Q), Lemoore, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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