# Accident 19810409015629A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Seiling, OK, April 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1981, 06:30 local time
- Place: Seiling, OK
- Airport: Seiling
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.1554° N, 98.9337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEILING (1S4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1554&lon=-98.9337&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4830R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4830R-2012-09-18) (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 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,079 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DPJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DPJ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810409015629A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT ON TAKEOFF. STRUCK TREES OFF DEPARTURE END OF STRIP. POSSIBLE WIND SHIFT.

## 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 FTW81DPJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DPJ15), Apr 9, 1981: Cessna 188 (N4830R), Seiling, OK, substantial damage

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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