N731VR – Cessna A188B – 1997-08-05 NTSB Accident Report

On August 05, 1997, a Cessna A188B (N731VR) was involved in an incident near Cadaretta, MS. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: A hard landing resulting in the airplane departing the runway and impacting with a tree.

On August 5, 1997, about 1310 central daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N731VR, registered to a private owner, crashed while landing at a private airstrip near Cadaretta, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 137, aerial application flight. The commercial-rated pilot was not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The flight had originated earlier in the day from the same airstrip.

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.

This incident is documented in NTSB report MIA97LA228. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N731VR.