# Accident 19810410015389A: Cessna 188B, Hernando, MS, April 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Hernando, MS
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.8496° N, 89.9924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hernando, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8496&lon=-89.9924&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 188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,233 total, 750 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810410015389A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CLEAR TREE-LINE ON CLIMB-OUT FROM SHORT STRIP. TREE STRIKE CAUSED FLIP-OVER. CRASHED INVERTED.

## 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 ATL81FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA061), Apr 10, 1981: Cessna 188B (N21862), Hernando, MS, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N21862 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760720019541A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760720019541A), Jul 20, 1976: Cessna A188B (N21862), Shelby, MS, Substantial damage. Low pass over former employers strip. Struck N9946.substl dmg to both acft.

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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