# Accident 19810907057109A: Cessna A188B, Shelby, MS, September 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Shelby, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.9505° N, 90.7651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelby, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9505&lon=-90.7651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731HJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731HJ-2013-05-07) (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: 1,146 total, 678 in this make and model, 356 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FKQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKQ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810907057109A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLEAR TREES AND CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF.

## 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 ATL81FKQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKQ27), Sep 7, 1981: Cessna 188 (N731HJ), Shelby, MS, destroyed

## Other reports on N731HJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790514026809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790514026809I), May 14, 1979: Cessna A188B (N731HJ), Clarksdale, MS. After takeoff plane began a roll. Full up deflection aileron. AN4-10A bolt attaching push rod assy detached.

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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