19811030071179A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A188B · Carrabelle, FL · October 30, 1981

Date
October 30, 1981 · 08:00 local
Place
Carrabelle, FL
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N731EL
Reported as
Cessna A188B
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,715 total4,000 in this make and model110 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.

Engine quit right after takeoff and pilot made emergency landing straight ahead in swamp.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF AND PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING STRAIGHT AHEAD IN SWAMP.