# Accident 19800602023629A: Cessna 188CESSNA, St Elmo, AL, June 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1980, 19:30 local time
- Place: St Elmo, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.5035° N, 88.2542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Elmo, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5035&lon=-88.2542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1992J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1992J-1992-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,214 total, 105 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FKJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKJ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800602023629A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CLAIMS POWER LOSS, BUT ENGINE CHECKED OUT OKAY. CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

## 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 ATL80FKJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKJ09), Jun 2, 1980: Cessna T188 (N1992J), St Elmo, AL, 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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