# Accident 19810128002169A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Plains, KS, January 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Plains, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.2642° N, 100.5898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plains, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2642&lon=-100.5898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731SM-1988-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,859 total, 860 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810128002169A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINE POLE DURING PULL-UP FROM A SPRAY RUN.

## 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 MKC81DCQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ11), Jan 28, 1981: Cessna 188 (N731SM), Plains, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N731SM (1)

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

- [Accident 19850822047859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850822047859A), Aug 22, 1985: Cessna A188B (N731SM), Meade, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft settled into corn after being unable to climb after first swath run. Density altitude and load are factors

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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