# Accident 19800723027689A: Cessna A188B, Pecatonica, IL, July 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1980, 07:45 local time
- Place: Pecatonica, IL
- Airport: Cambier Rla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.3090° N, 89.3572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pecatonica, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3090&lon=-89.3572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4905R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4905R) (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: 11,000 total, 590 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800723027689A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. LANDED OFF END OF RUNWAY. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 CHI80FEE34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE34), Jul 23, 1980: Cessna A188B (N4905R), Pecatonica, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4905R (1)

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

- [Incident 19790630018089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790630018089I), Jun 30, 1979: Cessna A188B (N4905R), Pecatonica, IL. Crop duster struck power line

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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