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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 188CESSNA · American Falls, ID · May 22, 1980

Date
May 22, 1980 · 11:00 local
Place
American Falls, ID
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N91964
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA80DYA13
Reported as
Cessna 188CESSNA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total2,500 in this make and model50 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.

Flew into area of severe turbulence and rain near a thunderstorm. Lost control of airplane.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO AREA OF SEVERE TURBULENCE AND RAIN NEAR A THUNDERSTORM. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.