# NTSB CHI81DER43: Cessna 188A, N9926G, Wabasso, MN, June 12, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 12, 1981
- Place: Wabasso, MN · WABASSO, MN
- Location: 44.4025° N, 95.2554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wabasso, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4025&lon=-95.2554&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 30, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125167
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81DER43
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER43

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1937  81/6/12    WABASSO,MN          CESSNA 188A         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 5400
        TIME - 1645                    N9926G              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 228 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OTTOS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WABASSO,MN                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - PRACTICE
          KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                      TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- PLT STATED WAS LOOKING FOR NOISE IN REAR OF ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9926G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9926G-2012-11-27), registration cancelled 2012-11-27, S/N 18800726, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188A
- Registry model: [Cessna A188A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (registry code 2073008) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ottos

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19810612032819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810612032819A), Jun 12, 1981: Cessna A188A, Wabasso, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot conducting test flight. His attention was inside cockpit and aircraft flew into ground.

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.

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