# Accident 19810807060609A: Cessna A188B, Sylvania, GA, August 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1981, 07:40 local time
- Place: Sylvania, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.7472° N, 81.6407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sylvania, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7472&lon=-81.6407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731WY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731WY-1984-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,305 total, 85 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810807060609A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINE AT START OF SPRAY RUN.  POWERLINE OBSCURED BY TREES.

## 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 ATL81FKG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKG41), Aug 7, 1981: Cessna A188B (N731WY), Sylvania, GA, 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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