# Incident 19790628017659I: Cessna A188B, Ellis, KS, June 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1979, 07:15 local time
- Place: Ellis, KS
- Airport: Dodge City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.9347° N, 99.5568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellis, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9347&lon=-99.5568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4821R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4821R-2012-11-27) (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: 340 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790628017659I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZD ZW LANDING GEAR STRUCK DIKE DURING SPRAYING OPERATION.

## Other reports on N4821R (1)

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

- [Incident 19780510033079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780510033079I), May 10, 1978: Cessna 188B (N4821R), Louise, TX, Minor damage. Pilot lost control on takeoff, ran off side of runway.

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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