# Accident 19890721024649A: Cessna A188B, Town Creek, AL, July 21, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1989, 19:03 local time
- Place: Town Creek, AL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RYJG
- Location: 34.6706° N, 87.4006° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6706&lon=-87.4006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5618G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5618G-1994-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89DKJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89DKJ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890721024649A

## Narrative

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

MADE STEEP DOWNWIND PULLUP AFTER LOW PASS TO LAND OPPOSITE DIRECTION. STALLED. BURNED ON IMPACT.

## 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 ATL89DKJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89DKJ07), Jul 22, 1989: Cessna A188B (N5618G), Town Creek, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE INADVERTENT STALL AT AN ALTITUDE INADEQUATE TO EFFECT A SAFE RECOVERY.

## Other reports on N5618G (1)

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

- [Accident 19750919029659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750919029659A), Sep 19, 1975: Cessna A188B (N5618G), Muscle Shoals, AL, Substantial damage. Alternator problem, battery master switch off which turned off fuel guages.

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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