# Accident 19760830029089A: Cessna 188B, Dunn, NC, August 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1976
- Place: Dunn, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 35.3116° N, 78.6130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dunn, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3116&lon=-78.6130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8983G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8983G-1976-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188 (registry code 2073004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FLJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLJ35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760830029089A

## Narrative

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

CRANKSHAFT BKN OFF ABT 2 IN FM PROP FLANGE. ACFT TUMBLED INTO GROUND.

## 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 IAD76FLJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLJ35), Aug 30, 1976: Cessna 188B (N8983G), Dunn, NC, 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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