# Accident 19791129034529A: Cessna A188B, Courtland, CA, November 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Courtland, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.3329° N, 121.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Courtland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3329&lon=-121.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4722Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4722Q-2013-03-07) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,243 total, 640 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791129034529A

## Narrative

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

AGRICULTURAL PILOT ON 14TH TAKEOFF OF THE DAY. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE THEN SETTLED BACK INTO ROUGH TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX80DVD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVD04), Nov 29, 1979: Cessna 188 (N4722Q), Courtland, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4722Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19780329005869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780329005869A), Mar 29, 1978: Cessna 188ACESSNA (N4722Q), Locke, CA, Substantial damage
- [Incident 19780310014819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780310014819I), Mar 10, 1978: Cessna 188ACESSNA (N4722Q), Clarksburg, CA, Minor damage. Pilot ran out of fuel.

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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