# Accident 19790807022359A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Modesto, CA, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 06:42 local time
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.6391° N, 120.9969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Modesto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6391&lon=-120.9969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70063, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70063) (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 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,493 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FVA55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVA55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807022359A

## Narrative

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

AG PLANE HIT TOP OF POWER POLE DURING PULL-UP FROM A SPRAY RUN.

## 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 LAX79FVA55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVA55), Aug 7, 1979: Cessna 188 (N70063), Modesto, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N70063 (2)

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

- [Accident 19780630016369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780630016369A), Jun 30, 1978: Cessna 188ACESSNA (N70063), Modesto, CA, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19770129000839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770129000839A), Jan 29, 1977: Cessna A188B (N70063), Modesto, 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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