# Accident 19810302006949A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Sherman Island, CA, March 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Sherman Island, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.0594° N, 121.7333° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sherman Island, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0594&lon=-121.7333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2078J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2078J-1983-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,736 total, 1,750 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810302006949A

## Narrative

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

REPORT POWER LOSS ON DOWNWIND TURN. CRASHED IN RIVER. ENGINE NOT RECOVERED. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNDETERMINED.

## 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 LAX81DVG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVG22), Mar 2, 1981: Cessna T188C (N2078J), Sherman Isl, CA, 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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