# Accident 19760902029449A: Cessna A188B, Poston, AZ, September 2, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1976
- Place: Poston, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.9921° N, 114.4045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poston, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9921&lon=-114.4045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53219, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53219-1977-07-07) (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: 5,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUK07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760902029449A

## Narrative

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

2 SHIP SPRAY OPN.TURBC FRM LEAD ACFT.SPRAYING ALFALFA.

## 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 LAX76DUK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUK07), Sep 2, 1976: Cessna 188 (N53219), Poston, AZ, 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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