# Accident 19790524012489A: Cessna A188B, Falfurrias, TX, May 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1979, 07:30 local time
- Place: Falfurrias, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 27.2244° N, 98.1452° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falfurrias, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2244&lon=-98.1452&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53311, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53311-2012-08-20) (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 A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,228 total, 1,140 in this make and model, 720 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FRG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRG36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790524012489A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW79FRG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRG36), May 24, 1979: Cessna A188B (N53311), Falfurrias, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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