# Accident 19970805025959A: Cessna A188B, Cadaretta, MS, August 5, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1997, 13:10 local time
- Place: Cadaretta, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZPHG
- Location: 33.7401° N, 89.5297° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7401&lon=-89.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731VR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731VR-2005-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970805025959A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED LANDING. DEPARTED RUNWAY STRUCK A TREE. (-23) PILOT STATED HE HAD LANDED AIRCRAFT OVER A BUMP IN THE DIRT STRIP BOUNCING THE AIRPLANE INTO THE AIR, CAUSING IT TO DEVIATE TO THE LEFT HITTING A SMALL TREE WITH THE LEFT WING SWINGING TI AROUND TO THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT WHEEL DUG INTO THE GROUND CAUSING THE WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE 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 MIA97LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA228), Aug 5, 1997: Cessna A188B (N731VR), Cadaretta, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: a hard landing resulting in the airplane departing the runway and impacting with a tree.

## Other reports on N731VR (2)

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

- [Accident 19990713009009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990713009009A), Jul 13, 1999: Cessna A188B (N731VR), Panther Burn, MS, Substantial damage. Acft struck trees during aerial application, crashed, and burned, other circumstances are unknown. (.19) on July 13, 1999, at 0815 eastern daylight time, a…
- [Accident 19850508016029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850508016029A), May 8, 1985: Cessna A188B (N731VR), Virden, IL, Destroyed. During swath run pilot struck powerline as he attempted to go over some lines and under other. Impacted ground.

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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