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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A188 · Leola, SD · June 15, 1983

Date
June 15, 1983 · 21:30 local
Place
Leola, SD
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8181V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN83LA141
Reported as
Cessna A188
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
995 total33 in this make and model74 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.

Ground looped into a ditch on a road takeoff. Blamed brakes. No defects found. Spray rig may have caught high grass

As the FAA filed it

GROUND LOOPED INTO A DITCH ON A ROAD TAKEOFF. BLAMED BRAKES. NO DEFECTS FOUND. SPRAY RIG MAY HAVE CAUGHT HIGH GRASS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.