# Accident 19760318006979A: Cessna A188B, Batesville, MS, March 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1976
- Place: Batesville, MS
- Airport: Birdsong
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.2843° N, 90.0976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Birdsong Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2843&lon=-90.0976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53203, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53203-2013-04-18) (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 A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,680 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKQ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760318006979A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK TRUCK PARKED OFF LNDG STRIP.

## 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 MIA76FKQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKQ27), Mar 18, 1976: Cessna A188B (N53203), Batesville, MS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N53203 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790807029699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807029699I), Aug 7, 1979: Cessna 188CESSNA (N53203), Louisville, GA, Minor damage. Struck power lines while spraying field.

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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