# Incident 19810822063149I: Cessna A188B, Knox City, TX, August 22, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1981, 13:35 local time
- Place: Knox City, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.4176° N, 99.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knox City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4176&lon=-99.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4957R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4957R-2007-05-16) (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: 4,090 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810822063149I

## Narrative

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

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

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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