# Accident 19790824025049A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Adrian, TX, August 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1979, 09:15 local time
- Place: Adrian, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2741° N, 102.6672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Adrian, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2741&lon=-102.6672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2538J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2538J-1982-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,421 total, 92 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DQG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DQG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824025049A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SEARCHING FOR GROUND EMPLOYEE STATED ACFT STRUCK GROUND WHEN HE LET GO OF STICK TO SNEEZE.

## 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 FTW78DQG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DQG55), Aug 24, 1979: Cessna 188 (N2538J), Adrian, TX, destroyed

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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