# Accident 20030714014309A: Cessna A188B, Mc Gehee, AR, July 14, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2003, 10:15 local time
- Place: Mc Gehee, AR
- Airport: Mc Gehee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: O1UG
- Location: 33.6200° N, 91.3647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6200&lon=-91.3647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4247Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4247Y-2006-02-28) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 60 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030714014309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 14, 2003, AT 1015 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A188B, N4247Y, GROUND LOOPED ON WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 (4,007 FEET BY 75 FEET, DRY ASPHALT) AT THE MCGEHEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (7M1), MCGEHEE, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE 14 CFR PART 137 AGRICULTURAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM 7M1 AT 0915.

## 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 CHI03LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA174), Jul 14, 2003: Cessna A188B (N4247Y), McGehee, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. Contributing factors to the accident were the tailwind condition, the pilot's selection of the wrong runway on…

## Other reports on N4247Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19860809054759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860809054759I), Aug 9, 1986: Cessna A188B (N4247Y), Tri City, TN, Substantial damage. Collided with fence during precautionary landing due to low fuel.

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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