# Accident 19780515017729A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Cochran, GA, May 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1978
- Place: Cochran, GA
- Airport: Bleckley County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.3881° N, 83.3504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cochran, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3881&lon=-83.3504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5657J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5657J-1996-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188ACESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,066 total, 2,770 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKG43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780515017729A

## Narrative

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

METALURGICAL EXAM REVEALED FRACTURED AREA EMANATING FROM A PREEXIG CRACK. WIND GUSTS TO 12 KTS

## 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 MIA78FKG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKG43), May 15, 1978: Cessna 188 (N5657J), Cochran, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5657J (3)

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

- [Accident 19940716018559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940716018559A), Jul 16, 1994: Cessna A188A (N5657J), Cochran, GA, Destroyed. Struck trees on pullup from swath run. Wind had shifted to a tailwind.
- [Incident 19910815040689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910815040689I), Aug 15, 1991: Cessna A188A (N5657J), Cary, GA, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion while engaged in aerial application. Forced landing in soy bean field.
- [Accident 19730811028899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730811028899A), Aug 11, 1973: Cessna A188A (N5657J), Cochran, GA, Substantial damage. Struck tree stump.

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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