# N8960G: Cessna A188B, registration cancelled 2000-12-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 7, 2000
- Exported to: Brazil
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A9CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A9CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 18801331T
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: May 12, 1999
- Last registry action: May 28, 1999
- Mode S code: AC5DFD
- Owner when cancelled: [Stakes Keith W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STAKES%20KEITH%20W)
- Location: [Satanta, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Satanta)
- Physical address: [Santanta, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Santanta)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 37.5294° N, 101.0216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 67870, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8960G
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8960G
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8960G-2000-12-07

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Cessna A188B: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI97LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA240), Jul 31, 1997: Cessna A188B (N8960G), Satanta, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's decision to perform a precautionary landing in a corn field due to an undetermined event in the cockpit. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's inadvertent actuation of the…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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.

- [Accident 19970731020559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970731020559A), Jul 31, 1997: Cessna A188B (N8960G), Satanta, KS, Substantial damage. Smoke in cockpit returning to base pilot panicked. Crash landed. Apparently activated the wind check smoker.
- [Incident 19950421042299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950421042299I), Apr 21, 1995: Cessna 188B (N8960G), Ephrata, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: during agricultural aerial application, propeller blade failed resulting in severe vibration which required the pilot to execute an emergency…

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