# Accident 19770905025289A: Cessna A188B, Bennettsville, SC, September 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1977
- Place: Bennettsville, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.6282° N, 79.6860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennettsville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6282&lon=-79.6860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4454Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4454Q-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,777 total, 255 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FLG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLG36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770905025289A

## Narrative

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

SPUN AROUND IN HIGH VEGETATION.

## 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 MIA77FLG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLG36), Sep 5, 1977: Cessna A188B (N4454Q), Bennettsville, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4454Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19730824026859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730824026859A), Aug 24, 1973: Cessna A188B (N4454Q), Bennettsville, SC, Substantial damage. Hit trees while turning to miss taller trees.

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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