# Accident 19800516018649A: Cessna A188B, El Campo, TX, May 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: El Campo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.2007° N, 96.2723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Campo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2007&lon=-96.2723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713YK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,068 total, 2,000 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/19800516018649A

## Narrative

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

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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