# Accident 19800522017489A: Cessna 188CESSNA, American Falls, ID, May 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: American Falls, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.7828° N, 112.8542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of American Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7828&lon=-112.8542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91964, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91964-2013-03-18) (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 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYA13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800522017489A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA80DYA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYA13), May 22, 1980: Cessna T188C (N91964), American Falls, ID, 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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