# Accident 20050716015599A: Cessna A188B, Bishop, CA, July 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2005, 15:40 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Airport: Bishop Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3731° N, 118.3633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3731&lon=-118.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731GE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731GE-2012-05-18) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,612 total, 4 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050716015599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY FAILED IN THE AFT FUSELAGE ON LANDING ROLL OUT. THE GEAR ASSEMBLY ROTATED 180 DEGREES. AS THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED THE FUSELAGE BUCKLED FORWARD OF THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SURFACES.

## 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 LAX05LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA237), Jul 16, 2005: Cessna A188B (N731GE), Bishop, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the tailwheel mount during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N731GE (2)

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

- [Accident 20090619009279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090619009279A), Jun 19, 2009: Cessna A188B (N731GE), Ogden, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) During takeoff at ogd runway 21 with full load of chemical, full throttle 2750 RPM, gradually lost power, not enough altitude or airspeed. A/c went off…
- [Accident 19970814022469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970814022469A), Aug 14, 1997: Cessna A188B (N731GE), Elwood, NE, Substantial damage. Aircraft lost control on takeoff, struck plum bushes and flipped over. (-23) on August 14, 1997, at 1100 CDT, a Cessna A188B, N731GE, operated by a commercial…

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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