# Accident 19790420015629A: Cessna A188B, Effingham, IL, April 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1979, 07:30 local time
- Place: Effingham, IL
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.1207° N, 88.5509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Effingham, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1207&lon=-88.5509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8904G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8904G-2011-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 509 total, 70 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEV18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEV18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790420015629A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF. FUEL CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND IN SEDIMENT BOWL.

## 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 CHI79FEV18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEV18), Apr 20, 1979: Cessna A188B (N8904G), Effingham, IL, 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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