# Accident 19750908030419A: Cessna A188B, Nappanee, IN, September 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1975
- Place: Nappanee, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 41.4461° N, 85.9968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nappanee, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4461&lon=-85.9968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86547, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86547-1981-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,421 total, 631 in this make and model, 435 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FET14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750908030419A

## Narrative

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

FLD ROUGH WITH WEEDS 4-6 IN HIGH.

## 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 CHI76FET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FET14), Sep 8, 1975: Cessna A188B (N86547), Nappanee, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N86547 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810311009089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810311009089A), Mar 11, 1981: Cessna 188B (N86547), Duncan, OK, Destroyed. Unable to climb after takeoff. Dumped load, hit trees off end of runway. Possible freakish tail wind gusts.

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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