# Accident 20030823025279A: Cessna 188B, Monette, AR, August 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2003, 18:15 local time
- Place: Monette, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.8902° N, 90.3396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8902&lon=-90.3396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5647G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5647G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188B (registry code 2073007, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,337 total, 800 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030823025279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 23, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH ON MONETTE, ARKANSAS A CESSNA 188B, N5647G OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TAKEOFF WAS BEING PERFORMED FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP FOR AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 137. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI03LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA265), Aug 23, 2003: Cessna 188B (N5647G), Monette, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the right brake and the pilot's inability to maintain directional control. A factor associated with the accident was the ditch.

## Other reports on N5647G (1)

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

- [Incident 20000822025609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000822025609I), Aug 22, 2000: Cessna 188B (N5647G), Stanton, TN, Minor damage. (-23)Aircraft lost power causing forced landing in soybean field. Left gear failed, skin wrinkles in left wing and one prop blade damaged. No injuries.

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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