# Accident 19800923063289A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Mill Shoals, IL, September 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mill Shoals, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.2495° N, 88.3457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mill Shoals, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2495&lon=-88.3457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7315V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,396 total, 507 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800923063289A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO LEVEL OFF AT PROPER HEIGHT FOR SWATH RUN. FLEW IT INTO THE GROUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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