# Accident 19800608018019A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Newellton, LA, June 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1980, 07:45 local time
- Place: Newellton, LA
- Airport: Newellton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.0726° N, 91.2393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newellton, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0726&lon=-91.2393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731QD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731QD-2005-03-09) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34,200 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRJ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRJ23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800608018019A

## Narrative

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

LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. NOSED OVER. REPORTED THROTTLE FAILURE. FOUND BINDING THROTTLE CABLE. SERVICE LETTER ISSUED

## 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 FTW80DRJ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRJ23), Jun 8, 1980: Cessna 188B (N731QD), Newellton, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N731QD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790423008149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790423008149A), Apr 23, 1979: Cessna 188CESSNA (N731QD), El Campo, TX, Destroyed. Pilot attempted takeoff on edge of dirt strip. Ran into soft mud. Unable to take off or stop. Struck truck.

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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