# Accident 19880710025869A: Cessna A188, Garfield, GA, July 10, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1988, 16:10 local time
- Place: Garfield, GA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NQQG
- Location: 32.2791° N, 82.1293° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2791&lon=-82.1293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3525Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3525Q-2012-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188 (registry code 2073004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88DKG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880710025869A

## Narrative

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

TEST FLYING AIRCRAFT WITHOUT COWLING, FLEW ACROSS A POND AND TOUCHED WATER. CAME OUT OF A LOOP AND IMPACTED 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 ATL88DKG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG09), Jul 10, 1988: Cessna 188 (N3525Q), Garfield, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N3525Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19730523013169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730523013169A), May 23, 1973: Cessna 188ACESSNA (N3525Q), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. No flt hrs recorded this type. Acft had been in prior accdts.

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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