# Accident 19790720021659A: Cessna 188B, Mattawa, WA, July 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mattawa, WA
- Airport: Mattawa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 46.7377° N, 119.9064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mattawa, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7377&lon=-119.9064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9845G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9845G-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 750 in this make and model, 330 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYP38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYP38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790720021659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ACFT HIT DUST DEVIL AFTER LIFTOFF. WHEELS STRUCK DIRT MOUND OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 SEA79DYP38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYP38), Jul 20, 1979: Cessna 188B (N9845G), Mattawa, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9845G (1)

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

- [Accident 19750522013549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750522013549A), May 22, 1975: Cessna A188B (N9845G), Fairfield, ID, Substantial damage. Lnd on dirt road.

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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