# Accident 19800917041329A: Cessna A188B, El Campo, TX, September 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: El Campo, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.2007° N, 96.2723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Campo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2007&lon=-96.2723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2176J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2176J-1995-05-12) (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: 2,658 total, 890 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800917041329A

## Narrative

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

AG AIRPLANE FAILED TO CLIMB AFTER LIFTOFF. SETTLED, WHEELS STRUCK LEVEE AT END OF RUNWAY.HOT DAY, NO WIND. MAX LOAD

## 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 FTW80DRA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA52), Sep 17, 1980: Cessna A188B (N2176J), El Campo, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2176J (1)

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

- [Incident 19890607032189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890607032189I), Jun 7, 1989: Cessna A188B (N2176J), Perryton, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft impacted soft ground. Damaged right main landing gear and right wing tip.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.