# Accident 19930909040439A: Cessna A188B, Ringling, MT, September 9, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1993, 07:00 local time
- Place: Ringling, MT
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WMIG
- Location: 46.2607° N, 110.7792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2607&lon=-110.7792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731ED, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731ED-1998-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,625 total, 2,278 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA93LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930909040439A

## Narrative

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

LIFTED OFF. STAYED LOW TO PASS UNDER WIRES THEN SETTLED. DUMPED LOAD. SETTLED AGAIN. STRUCK BARBED WIRE FENCE.

## 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 SEA93LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA195), Sep 9, 1993: Cessna A188B (N731ED), Ringling, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED.

## Other reports on N731ED (2)

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

- [Accident 19960629015619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960629015619A), Jun 29, 1996: Cessna A188B (N731ED), Opheim, MT, Substantial damage. Full flaps on takeoff. Bounced and porpoised. Failed lift. Overran runway hit berm. Flaps 10 not 20. No ag license.
- [Incident 19841123070679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841123070679I), Nov 23, 1984: Cessna A188B (N731ED), Grier, NM, Minor damage. After lift off plane settled back on runway. Spray boom and horizontial stabilizer struck fence post.

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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