# Accident 19790829020629A: Cessna A188B, Sledge, MS, August 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1979, 10:00 local time
- Place: Sledge, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.4326° N, 90.2212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sledge, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4326&lon=-90.2212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53196, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53196-2012-12-18) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKQ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790829020629A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE FORCED LANDING BECAUSE HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. FOUND MUFFLER TAILPIPE FAILED.

## 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 MIA79FKQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKQ27), Aug 29, 1979: Cessna A188B (N53196), Sledge, MS, 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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