# Accident 19800508012299A: Cessna 188B, Belzoni, MS, May 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: Belzoni, MS
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.1805° N, 90.4863° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belzoni, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1805&lon=-90.4863&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2321J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DKQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKQ02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800508012299A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT LANDING ON FARM STRIP ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT INTO HIGH WHEAT WHICH SWERVED PLANE INTO 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 ATL80DKQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKQ02), May 8, 1980: Cessna T188T (N2321J), Belzoni, 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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