# Accident 19800530017069A: Cessna A188B, Clay Center, NE, May 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1980, 21:30 local time
- Place: Clay Center, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.5255° N, 98.0550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clay Center, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5255&lon=-98.0550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4956R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4956R-1999-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,596 total, 900 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800530017069A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR BECAME ENTANGLED IN TALL GRASS ON EDGE OF STRIP ON LANDING ROLL. AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED.

## 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 MKC80DCJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCJ12), May 30, 1980: Cessna 188 (N4956R), Clay Center, NE, 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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