# Accident 19740810025319A: Cessna 188B, Mer Rouge, LA, August 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1974
- Place: Mer Rouge, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.7769° N, 91.7944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mer Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7769&lon=-91.7944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5706G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5706G-2001-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,055 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75DRJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DRJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740810025319A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW75DRJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DRJ03), Aug 10, 1974: Cessna 188B (N5706G), Mer Rouge, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5706G (1)

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

- [Accident 19990322002559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990322002559A), Mar 22, 1999: Cessna A188B (N5706G), Atwood, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed into hillside, burned. (.19) on March 22, 1999, at 1330 central standard time, a Cessna A188B, N5706G, piloted by a commercial pilot, was destroyed on…

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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