# Accident 19790505010669A: Cessna A188B, Escalon, CA, May 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Escalon, CA
- Airport: Valley Home
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.7914° N, 120.9997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7914&lon=-120.9997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731AQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731AQ-1998-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790505010669A

## Narrative

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

THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED ON LANDING. AN OLD CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE GEAR.

## 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 OAK79DVD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD25), May 5, 1979: Cessna A188B (N731AQ), Newman, CA, 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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