# Accident 19810531031799A: Cessna A188B, Murdock, KS, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Murdock, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.6111° N, 97.9317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murdock, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6111&lon=-97.9317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731WP-2013-02-21) (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: 1,250 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCQ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531031799A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT WIRES DURING SPRAY RUN. AG PILOT WAS NOT WEARING CORRECTIVE GLASSES.

## 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 MKC81DCQ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ36), May 31, 1981: Cessna A188-B (N731WP), Murdock, KS, 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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