# Accident 19781010033969A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Winters, TX, October 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1978
- Place: Winters, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.9491° N, 99.9593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winters, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9491&lon=-99.9593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731CA-1998-12-29) (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: 9,002 total, 174 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781010033969A

## Narrative

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

SOURCE OF FUEL CONTAMINATION UNKNOWN.

## 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 FTW79DPD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPD02), Oct 10, 1978: Cessna A188B (N731CA), Winters, TX, 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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