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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A188B · Knox City, TX · August 22, 1981

Date
August 22, 1981 · 13:35 local
Place
Knox City, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4957R
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,090 total3,000 in this make and model148 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On takeoff roll on dirt strip right wing hit tall grass. Aircraft veered to right. Left gear attach bolts failed.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON DIRT STRIP RIGHT WING HIT TALL GRASS. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO RIGHT. LEFT GEAR ATTACH BOLTS FAILED.