# Accident 19810402013459A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Byhalia, MS, April 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Byhalia, MS
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.8692° N, 89.6900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byhalia, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8692&lon=-89.6900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21818, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21818) (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 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,233 total, 750 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FLT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLT05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810402013459A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO LAND UPHILL WITH STRONG TAILWIND, TOO LONG. MADE BELATED GO-AROUND, HIT TRACTOR & TREES AT END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL81FLT05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLT05), Apr 2, 1981: Cessna 188 (N21818), Byhalia, MS, destroyed

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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