# Accident 19760720019541A: Cessna A188B, Shelby, MS, July 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1976
- Place: Shelby, MS
- Airport: Hollingsworth
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.9505° N, 90.7651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelby, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9505&lon=-90.7651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21862, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21862-2012-08-27) (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: 3,700 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKQ39|MIA76FK039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKQ39%7CMIA76FK039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760720019541A

## Narrative

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

LOW PASS OVER FORMER EMPLOYERS STRIP.STRUCK N9946.SUBSTL DMG TO BOTH ACFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9946, Gulstm G164C: [Accident 19760720019542A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760720019542A)

## 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 MIA76FKQ39|MIA76FK039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKQ39%7CMIA76FK039), Jul 20, 1976: Cessna 188 (N21862), Shelby, MS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N21862 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810410015389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810410015389A), Apr 10, 1981: Cessna 188B (N21862), Hernando, MS, Substantial damage. Failed to clear tree-line on climb-out from short strip. Tree strike caused flip-over. Crashed inverted.

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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