# Accident 19800708023699A: Cessna A188B, Charleston, MS, July 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Charleston, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.0077° N, 90.0552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0077&lon=-90.0552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53307, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53307-1981-04-17) (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: 1,141 total, 785 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FKQ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKQ13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708023699A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AG AIRPLANE DURING RACK TRACK TURN-AROUND. FACTOR; HOT HUMID DAY. PILOT FATIGUE.

## 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 ATL80FKQ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKQ13), Jul 8, 1980: Cessna 188 (N53307), Charleston, MS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N53307 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770415013469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770415013469A), Apr 15, 1977: Cessna A188B (N53307), Holly Spring, MS, Substantial damage. Fertilizer truck pulled out in front of acft.

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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