# Accident 20061011023819A: Cessna A188B, Bellhaven, NC, October 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bellhaven, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.5392° N, 76.6169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5392&lon=-76.6169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91181, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91181-2007-12-04) (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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,950 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07CA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061011023819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKEOFF AND INITIAL CLIMB FROM A SHORT AGRICULTURAL GRASS AIRSTRIP, THE WIND SHIFTED, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF LIFT, STALL AND UNCONTROLLED IMPACT WITH TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH APPROXIMATELY 150 GALLONS OF CHEMICAL/WATER MIX (APPROX. 8 POUND/GALLON). THE PILOT SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 ATL07CA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA007), Oct 11, 2006: Cessna 188B (N91181), Belhaven, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions and maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N91181 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900512026619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900512026619I), May 12, 1990: Cessna A188B (N91181), Weld County, CO. Struck powerlines. Equipped with wire cutters which functioned normally. Landed safely. Cut caused power outage.

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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