# Accident 19790526010579A: Cessna A188B, Beedeville, AR, May 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1979, 08:00 local time
- Place: Beedeville, AR
- Airport: Breckenridge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.4007° N, 91.1294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRECKENRIDGE (1AR0), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4007&lon=-91.1294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79555, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79555-1994-12-02) (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: 6,600 total, 49 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FPG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790526010579A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WING REAR ATTACH FITTING FAILED ALLOWING THE WING TO MOVE FORWARD. AIRCRAFT NOSED INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 FTW79FPG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPG41), May 26, 1979: Cessna A188B (N79555), Beedeville, AR, destroyed

## Other reports on N79555 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760608015009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760608015009A), Jun 8, 1976: Cessna A188B (N79555), Fisher, AR, 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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