# Incident 19980921025699I: Cessna A188B, Sparta, MS, September 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.7687° N, 88.9792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7687&lon=-88.9792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53333, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53333-2002-07-08) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921025699I

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENGINE FAILED DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, AND LAND GEAR FAILED ON LANDING.  (-5)NUMBER 5 CLYNDER FAILED DURING AGRICULUTURAL OPERATIONS.  DAMAGE CONFINED TO LANDING GEAR AND PROP.

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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