# Incident 20110808019519I: Cessna 188, Claypool, IN, August 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Claypool, IN
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: B3BG
- Location: 41.1308° N, 85.8823° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Claypool, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1308&lon=-85.8823&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5517S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5517S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 188 (registry code 2073002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-188) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 925 total, 150 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110808019519I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/18/2011,SBN-FSDO-GL17 WAS NOTIFIED BY KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, INDIANA SHERIFF'S DEPT. OF INCIDENT REPORTED TO THEM ON 8/12/2011 THAT OCCURED ON 8/08/2011 OF A BLUE & WHITE AIRCRAFT WITH N # N5517S, STRIKING & CUTTING POWER WIRES NORTH OF THE CITY OF CLAYPOOL, IN. WITNESS REPORTED AIRCRAFT STRUCK WIRES, WHICH IN TURN CUT THEM, AND CONTINUED ON SPRAYING FIELD AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED, THEN DEPARTED AREA.

## Other reports on N5517S (3)

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

- [Incident 19860613059599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860613059599I), Jun 13, 1986: Cessna 188CESSNA (N5517S), North Myrtle Be, SC, Minor damage. Forced landing after power loss. Magnetos failed.
- [Incident 19790814031229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814031229I), Aug 14, 1979: Cessna 188CESSNA (N5517S), Glendale, FL, Minor damage. During takeoff run spray boom touched soybean plants causing ground loop.
- [Accident 19760706019379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760706019379A), Jul 6, 1976: Cessna 188CESSNA (N5517S), Enterprise, AL, Substantial damage. Rubber grommet inside clamp deteriorated. Mixt ctl housing moved to lean psn.

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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