# Accident 19780315005059A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Moxee, WA, March 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1978
- Place: Moxee, WA
- Airport: Sellers Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 46.5642° N, 120.3967° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moxee, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5642&lon=-120.3967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5501S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5501S-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188 (registry code 2073004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188ACESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,279 total, 3,882 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FYP15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYP15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780315005059A

## Narrative

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

ATTACH BOLT TO R AILERON CTL ROD MISSING. HIT WIRES.

## 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 SEA78FYP15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYP15), Mar 15, 1978: Cessna A188 (N5501S), Moxee, WA, 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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