# Accident 19760517011789A: Cessna A188B, Three Forks, MT, May 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1976
- Place: Three Forks, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.8896° N, 111.5527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Three Forks, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8896&lon=-111.5527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4810Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4810Q-1989-04-13) (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: 8,685 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FTI27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FTI27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760517011789A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO KNOLL.GR SEPARATED.CONT TO HOME BASE.FURTHER DMG ON LDG.

## 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 SEA76FTI27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FTI27), May 17, 1976: Cessna 188B (N4810Q), Three Forks, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4810Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19790609011509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790609011509A), Jun 9, 1979: Cessna 188CESSNA (N4810Q), Toston, MT, Substantial damage. Airplane left wing struck a 500 gallon fuel tank during spraying operation,remained airborn landed safely at arpt.

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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