# Accident 19960728020509A: Cessna A188A, Decatur, TX, July 28, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2308° N, 97.5909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2308&lon=-97.5909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1556M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1556M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960728020509A

## Narrative

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

LANDING AFTER GLIDER TOW BOUNCED LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED. BLAMED CROSSWIND.LOW TIME IN TAIL DRAGGER A FACTOR (-23) PILOT LANDING AT PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING.

## 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 FTW96LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA321), Jul 28, 1996: Cessna 188A (N1556M), Decatur, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the prevailing crosswind.

## Other reports on N1556M (1)

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

- [Accident 19730502010639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730502010639A), May 2, 1973: Cessna 188ACESSNA (N1556M), Mccune, KS, Destroyed. Did not pull up high enough to miss wires.

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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