# Accident 19810529031009A: Cessna A188B, Leroy, MN, May 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: Leroy, MN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.5133° N, 92.5078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Le Roy, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5133&lon=-92.5078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4797Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4797Q-2012-12-13) (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 A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,834 total, 150 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FER40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810529031009A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO OBTAIN FLYING SPEED TO LIFT OFF. DUMPED  LOAD, RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY. CAUSE NOT SUBSTANTIATED.

## 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 CHI81FER40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER40), May 29, 1981: Cessna A188B (N4797Q), Leroy, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4797Q (3)

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

- [Accident 19960822040679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960822040679A), Aug 22, 1996: Cessna A188B (N4797Q), Aitkin, MN, Substantial damage. Blinded by sun struck power line and crashed during a spray run. (-23) aircraft was being used to spray field with high concentrate malathion. Approximately…
- [Incident 19870706063889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870706063889I), Jul 6, 1987: Cessna A188B (N4797Q), Aitkin, MN, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed as aircraft turned from grass to the hard surface runway.
- [Accident 19840827044089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840827044089A), Aug 27, 1984: Cessna A188B (N4797Q), Delavan, MN, Substantial damage. After liftoff, pilot determined that he could clear powerlines. Tried to fly under, hit lower strand of lines.

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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