# Incident 19791005050459I: Cessna 188CESSNA, Hayes, SD, October 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hayes, SD
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 44.3703° N, 101.0215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayes, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3703&lon=-101.0215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4478Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4478Q-2013-04-17) (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: 3,000 total, 100 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/19791005050459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN DUE TO FAILURE OF THE TAIL WHEEL STEERING UNIT, PART 0742200-6.

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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