# Accident 19810609032709A: Cessna A188B, Louise, TX, June 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1981, 07:30 local time
- Place: Louise, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 29.1136° N, 96.4120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louise, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1136&lon=-96.4120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2865J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2865J-1983-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188 (registry code 2073002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,051 total, 2,086 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRA40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRA40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810609032709A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO ARREST SINK RATE DIVING UNDER WIRES AT START OF A SWATH RUN. STRUCK A DITCH.

## 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 FTW81DRA40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRA40), Jun 9, 1981: Cessna A188B (N2865J), Louise, 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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