# Accident 19800823037009A: Cessna 188B, Weeksville, NC, August 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Weeksville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.2054° N, 76.1477° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weeksville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2054&lon=-76.1477&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731CX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731CX-2003-07-30) (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 188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 161 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DLJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLJ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800823037009A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT STRUCK WIRES DURING SPRAYING OPERATION.

## 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 ATL80DLJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLJ18), Aug 23, 1980: Cessna 188B (N731CX), Elizabeth City, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N731CX (1)

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

- [Incident 19910326013469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910326013469I), Mar 26, 1991: Cessna A188B (N731CX), Drew, MS, Minor damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Ran off side of strip and struck a mound of dirt.

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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