# Accident 19800625021699A: Cessna A188B, Sandy Point, TX, June 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Sandy Point, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.4013° N, 95.4817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandy Point, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4013&lon=-95.4817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53123, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53123-2013-04-08) (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 A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,440 total, 1,440 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRA40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800625021699A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK FARM GATE ON TAKEOFF FROM FARM ROAD. FACTORS, HOT HUMID DAY, FULL SPRAY LOAD.

## 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 FTW80FRA40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA40), Jun 25, 1980: Cessna 188 (N53123), Sandy Point, TX, destroyed

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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