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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna A188B · El Campo, TX · May 16, 1980

Date
May 16, 1980 · 12:15 local
Place
El Campo, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N713YK
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,068 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ag airplane hit three sets of wires before crashing to the ground during a spray operation.

As the FAA filed it

AG AIRPLANE HIT THREE SETS OF WIRES BEFORE CRASHING TO THE GROUND DURING A SPRAY OPERATION.