# Accident 19801005049879A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Dumas, TX, October 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Dumas, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.8620° N, 101.9650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dumas, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8620&lon=-101.9650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3934J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3934J-2013-04-17) (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 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,073 total, 5,500 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG01-201178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801005049879A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT DUG WING INTO CROPS AND FLIPPED AIRPLANE INTO GROUND.

## 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 FTW81DQG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG01-201178), Oct 5, 1980: Cessna A188 (N3934J), Dumas, TX, destroyed

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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