# Accident 19790423008149A: Cessna 188CESSNA, El Campo, TX, April 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1979, 07:30 local time
- Place: El Campo, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.2007° N, 96.2723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Campo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2007&lon=-96.2723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731QD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731QD-2005-03-09) (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 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790423008149A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON EDGE OF DIRT STRIP. RAN INTO SOFT MUD. UNABLE TO TAKE OFF OR STOP. STRUCK TRUCK.

## 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 FTW79DRA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRA19), Apr 23, 1979: Cessna A188B (N731QD), El Campo, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N731QD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800608018019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800608018019A), Jun 8, 1980: Cessna 188CESSNA (N731QD), Newellton, LA, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway. Nosed over. Reported throttle failure. Found binding throttle cable. Service letter issued

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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