19790426007549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 188B · Higgins, TX · April 26, 1979

Date
April 26, 1979 · 11:30 local
Place
Higgins, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
XBAVA
Reported as
Cessna 188B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,140 total52 in this make and model231 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft struck powerlines while flying low in heavy rain on ferry flight.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES WHILE FLYING LOW IN HEAVY RAIN ON FERRY FLIGHT.