# Accident 19810804047429A: Cessna A188B, Arapahoe, NE, August 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1981, 07:00 local time
- Place: Arapahoe, NE
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.3051° N, 99.8980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arapahoe, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3051&lon=-99.8980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9605G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9605G-2013-03-20) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,638 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCJ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCJ24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810804047429A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF. PILOT CLAIMS PROP MALFUNCTION BUT 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 MKC81DCJ24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCJ24), Aug 4, 1981: Cessna A188B (N9605G), Arapahoe, NE, 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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