# Accident 19780223002679A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Stockton, CA, February 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1978
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.9577° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9577&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4916R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4916R-1980-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188ACESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,225 total, 607 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVD19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780223002679A

## Narrative

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

OBSTRUCTIONS-LEVEE & HOUSES NEAR BARLEY FIELD THAT WAS BEING SPRA

## 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 OAK78DVD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVD19), Feb 23, 1978: Cessna 188B (N4916R), Stockton, 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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