# Accident 19730502010639A: Cessna 188ACESSNA, Mccune, KS, May 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1973
- Place: Mccune, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.3538° N, 95.0192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCune, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3538&lon=-95.0192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1556M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1556M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188ACESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,274 total, 41 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DCQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCQ28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730502010639A

## Narrative

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

DID NOT PULL UP HIGH ENOUGH TO MISS WIRES.

## 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 MKC73DCQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCQ28), May 2, 1973: Cessna 188 (N1556M), Mccune, KS, destroyed

## Other reports on N1556M (1)

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

- [Accident 19960728020509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960728020509A), Jul 28, 1996: Cessna A188A (N1556M), Decatur, TX, Substantial damage. Landing after glider tow bounced lost control and ground looped. Blamed crosswind. Low time in tail dragger a factor (-23) pilot landing at Private airstrip,…

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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