# Accident 19790908023599A: Cessna A188A, Sidon, MS, September 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Sidon, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.4079° N, 90.2081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sidon, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4079&lon=-90.2081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18DS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,570 total, 320 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKQ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKQ32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908023599A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREES ON PULL-UP FROM SWATH RUN. GUSTY WIND. POSSIBLE DOWN DRAFT.

## 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 MIA79DKQ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKQ32), Sep 8, 1979: Cessna A188A (N18DS), Sidon, MS, 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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