# Accident 19800324006749A: Cessna A188B, Tulia, TX, March 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Tulia, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.5379° N, 101.7744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulia, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5379&lon=-101.7744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53144, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53144-2013-04-08) (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: 5,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800324006749A

## Narrative

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

MISJUDGED ALTITUDE IN PROCEDURE TURN-AROUND FROM A SWATH RUN. WHEEL STRUCK DITCH.

## 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 FTW80FQG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG11), Mar 24, 1980: Cessna A188B (N53144), Tulia, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N53144 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750901028469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750901028469A), Sep 1, 1975: Cessna A188B (N53144), Albert, OK, Substantial damage. Pwr lines at end of rwy.

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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