# Accident 19970731020559A: Cessna A188B, Satanta, KS, July 31, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1997, 11:15 local time
- Place: Satanta, KS
- Airport: Satanta Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: S5FG
- Location: 37.4304° N, 100.9802° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4304&lon=-100.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8960G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8960G-2000-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970731020559A

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT RETURNING TO BASE PILOT PANICKED. CRASH LANDED. APPARENTLY ACTIVATED THE WIND CHECK SMOKER.

## 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 CHI97LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA240), Jul 31, 1997: Cessna A188B (N8960G), Satanta, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's decision to perform a precautionary landing in a corn field due to an undetermined event in the cockpit. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's inadvertent actuation of the…

## Other reports on N8960G (1)

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

- [Incident 19950421042299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950421042299I), Apr 21, 1995: Cessna 188B (N8960G), Ephrata, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: during agricultural aerial application, propeller blade failed resulting in severe vibration which required the pilot to execute an emergency…

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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