# Accident 19850508016029A: Cessna A188B, Virden, IL, May 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1985, 18:45 local time
- Place: Virden, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.5001° N, 89.7609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5001&lon=-89.7609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731VR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731VR-2005-03-17) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,572 total, 2,206 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850508016029A

## Narrative

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

DURING SWATH RUN PILOT STRUCK POWERLINE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GO OVER SOME LINES AND UNDER OTHER. IMPACTED GROUND.

## 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 CHI85LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA191), May 8, 1985: Cessna A188B (N731VR), Virden, IL, destroyed

## Other reports on N731VR (2)

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

- [Accident 19990713009009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990713009009A), Jul 13, 1999: Cessna A188B (N731VR), Panther Burn, MS, Substantial damage. Acft struck trees during aerial application, crashed, and burned, other circumstances are unknown. (.19) on July 13, 1999, at 0815 eastern daylight time, a…
- [Accident 19970805025959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970805025959A), Aug 5, 1997: Cessna A188B (N731VR), Cadaretta, MS, Substantial damage. Bounced landing. Departed runway struck a tree. (-23) pilot stated he had landed aircraft over a bump in the dirt strip bouncing the airplane into the air,…

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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