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| Date: | Tuesday 5 August 1997 |
| Time: | 13:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N731VR |
| MSN: | 18803194T |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5000 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cadaretta, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight was returning to the home airstrip, empty, after completion of an aerial application. The airplane touched down on the grass strip, bounced, departed the left side of the runway and struck a tree. The pilot returned the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, and did not complete the narrative statement portion of the form. Examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any discrepancies.
Probable Cause: a hard landing resulting in the airplane departing the runway and impacting with a tree.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA97LA228
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 May 1985 | N731VR | Bob Davis Flying Service,Inc. | 0 | Virden, IL | |
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| 13 July 1999 | N731VR | Private | 0 | Panther Burn, MS | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 12:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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