# Accident 19780526012119A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Gould, AR, May 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1978
- Place: Gould, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.9872° N, 91.5640° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gould, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9872&lon=-91.5640&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731QP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731QP-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-D (registry code 17236, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188ACESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,470 total, 1,470 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DDG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DDG37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780526012119A

## Narrative

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

DRIED MUD ON WINGS.

## 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 FTW78DDG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DDG37), May 26, 1978: Cessna 188 (N731QP), Gould, AR, 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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