# Accident 19781219045019A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Pag0 Pag0, American Samoa, December 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1978
- Place: Pag0 Pag0, American Samoa
- Airport: Pago Pago
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 14.3317° S, 170.7115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGO PAGO INTL (PPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-14.3317&lon=-170.7115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30581, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30581-1979-09-21) (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: 1,100 total, 45 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DJA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DJA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781219045019A

## Narrative

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

NR 1, 3 AND 5 CYLINDERS WERE BURNT. FUEL FLOW WAS HIGHER THAN SPECIFIED TS DURING BENCH CHECK.

## 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 OAK79DJA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DJA05), Dec 19, 1978: Cessna A188B (N30581), Pago Pago, Antarctica, 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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