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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A188B · Silver Creek, NE · July 30, 1980

Date: July 30, 1980 · 20:00 local
Place: Silver Creek, NE
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N84410
Reported as: Cessna A188B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total1,800 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N84410Registration cancelled Sep 29, 2003 · Cessna A188BS/N 18801983T · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna A188B Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Spray pilot hit power lines. Cut off top portion of rudder & vertical stabilizer. Landed without difficulty.

As the FAA filed it

SPRAY PILOT HIT POWER LINES. CUT OFF TOP PORTION OF RUDDER & VERTICAL STABILIZER. LANDED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.