# Accident 19780714019179A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Modesto, CA, July 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1978
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Airport: Yandell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.6391° N, 120.9969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Modesto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6391&lon=-120.9969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731DZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731DZ-1981-12-17) (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: 659 total, 76 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVA55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780714019179A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT STEEL FENCE AROUND DAIRY BARN TAKING OFF TO SPRAY ALA FIELD.

## 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 OAK78DVA55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA55), Jul 14, 1978: Cessna 188B (N731DZ), Modesto, CA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.