Cessna A188B
N8288G is a Cessna A188B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Ford Flying Service INC, a corporation in Doerun, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 29, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A188B · all A188Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18801287
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- AB520A (octal 52651012)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 12, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 12, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · May 29, 1973
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00143491
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ford Flying Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 489
Doerun, GA 31744-0489
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N8288G, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Ford Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 12, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 29, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18801287 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8288G according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N8288G: Accident on May 23, 2026 at Doerun, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A188B · operated under 137
On May 23, 2026, about 1500 eastern daylight time, a Cessna A188B, N8288G, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Doerun, Georgia. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural flight. According to the pilot, during his fourth flight of the day the airplane sustained a total loss of engine power while en route to apply fertilizer to a corn field. The pilot initiated a forced landing to a field, during which the airplane struck trees before it came to rest upright, resulting in substantial damage …
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data