# Accident 19810814049609A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Woodstown, NJ, August 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Woodstown, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.6502° N, 75.3262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6502&lon=-75.3262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2165J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2165J-1990-07-23) (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: 7,842 total, 400 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FHD34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810814049609A

## Narrative

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

DURING SPRAYING OPERATION, PILOT SAW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. TOOK EVASIVE ACTION AND CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC81FHD34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD34), Aug 14, 1981: Cessna T188C (N2165J), Woodstown, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2165J (2)

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

- [Accident 19890709020829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890709020829A), Jul 9, 1989: Cessna T188C (N2165J), Red Lodge, MT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck a tree on rising terrain on a turn around from a spray run. Became inverted and crashed. Area narrow valley.
- [Incident 19790716019099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790716019099I), Jul 16, 1979: Cessna 188CESSNA (N2165J), Hammonton, NJ, Minor damage. Left gear assembly separated on rollout gear spring bolt pn MS20008-58 head sheared.

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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