# Accident 19830901049709A: Cessna 188CESSNA, Little York, IN, September 1, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1983, 18:35 local time
- Place: Little York, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.6993° N, 85.9046° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little York, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6993&lon=-85.9046&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9986G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 0 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA408) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830901049709A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK WIRES CRASHED AND BURNED DURING AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT.

## 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 CHI83LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA408), Sep 1, 1983: Cessna 188 (N9986G), Little York, IN, destroyed

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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