# Accident 19810612032819A: Cessna A188A, Wabasso, MN, June 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Wabasso, MN
- Airport: Otto'S
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 44.4025° N, 95.2554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wabasso, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4025&lon=-95.2554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9926G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9926G-2012-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 728 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DER43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810612032819A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONDUCTING TEST FLIGHT. HIS ATTENTION WAS INSIDE COCKPIT AND AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO GROUND.

## 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 CHI81DER43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER43), Jun 12, 1981: Cessna 188A (N9926G), Wabasso, MN, 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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