# Accident 19790426007549A: Cessna 188B, Higgins, TX, April 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Higgins, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1210° N, 100.0274° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Higgins, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1210&lon=-100.0274&mi=10
- Aircraft: XBAVA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,140 total, 52 in this make and model, 231 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790426007549A

## Narrative

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

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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