# Accident 19810516026099A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Merced, CA, May 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.3114° N, 120.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3114&lon=-120.4704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2086J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2086J-1994-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T188C (registry code 2073012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,562 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810516026099A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON SHORT PRIVATE STRIP. CHANGING WIND CONDITIONS. WHEEL HIT DIRT CLOD, CAUSING DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX81DVA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA52), May 16, 1981: Cessna 188 (N2086J), Merced, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2086J (2)

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

- [Accident 19940210002189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940210002189A), Feb 10, 1994: Cessna T188C (N2086J), Winton, CA, Destroyed. Unable to climb after takeoff. Appeard sluggish. Dumped load. Hit tree landing. Found fuel system contaminated.
- [Accident 19930224003389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930224003389A), Feb 24, 1993: Cessna T188C (N2086J), Delhi, CA, Substantial damage. Let wheel hit area of standing water on runway on takeoff. Veered off runway. Collapsed left gear regaining runway.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.