# Accident 20150701009489A: Cessna A188B, Saratoga, WY, July 1, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2015, 07:30 local time
- Place: Saratoga, WY
- Airport: Shively Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.4458° N, 106.8208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4458&lon=-106.8208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60691, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60691-2020-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 438 total, 108 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150701009489A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/1/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 HOURS MDT, N60691, A CESSNA 188B AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A GROUND LOOP AFTER LANDING AT SHIVELY FIELD, SARATOGA, WY.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED.  WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 GAA15CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA168), Jul 1, 2015: Cessna A188B (N60691), Saratoga, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion, and a ground loop.

## Other reports on N60691 (1)

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

- [Accident 20160630010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160630010279A), Jun 30, 2016: Cessna A188B (N60691), Saratoga, WY, Substantial damage. The pilot was returning from an aerial application and while landing runway 05 lost control and ground looped the aircraft. Left aft wing , left wingtip and…

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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