19790524012489A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna A188B · Falfurrias, TX · May 24, 1979

Date
May 24, 1979 · 07:30 local
Place
Falfurrias, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N53311
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FRG36
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,228 total1,140 in this make and model720 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.

Circled at low altitude,pull up until aircraft stalled. Went straight in. Factors airspeed and misjudgment.

As the FAA filed it

CIRCLED AT LOW ALTITUDE,PULL UP UNTIL AIRCRAFT STALLED. WENT STRAIGHT IN. FACTORS AIRSPEED AND MISJUDGMENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.