# Accident 19800627024899A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Cordele, TX, June 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: Cordele, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.1350° N, 96.6300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cordele, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1350&lon=-96.6300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2155J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2155J-1995-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,400 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRA43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800627024899A

## Narrative

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

LANDING AFTER SPRAY OPERATION, SPRAY BOOM CAUGHT ON HIGH WEEDS. PULLED AIRPLANE INTO A DITCH ON SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW80DRA43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA43), Jun 27, 1980: Cessna 188C (N2155J), Cordele, TX, 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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