# Accident 19960629015619A: Cessna A188B, Opheim, MT, June 29, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1996, 05:25 local time
- Place: Opheim, MT
- Airport: Opheim Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HQYG
- Location: 48.8703° N, 106.5596° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8703&lon=-106.5596&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: 640 total, 41 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960629015619A

## Narrative

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

FULL FLAPS ON TAKEOFF. BOUNCED AND PORPOISED. FAILED LIFT. OVERRAN RUNWAY HIT BERM. FLAPS 10 NOT 20. NO AG LICENSE.

## 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 SEA96LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA138), Jun 29, 1996: Cessna A188B (N731ED), Opheim, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to follow the proper short field takeoff procedure as specified in the Airplane Flight Manual, his improper use of wing flaps during the takeoff, and his failure to abort the…

## Other reports on N731ED (2)

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

- [Accident 19930909040439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930909040439A), Sep 9, 1993: Cessna A188B (N731ED), Ringling, MT, Substantial damage. Lifted off. Stayed low to pass under wires then settled. Dumped load. Settled again. Struck barbed wire fence.
- [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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