# Accident 19830201003249A: Cessna A188B, Medford, OR, February 1, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1983, 17:00 local time
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Jackson Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.2799° N, 122.9006° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2799&lon=-122.9006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4784Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4784Q-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,057 total, 15,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA83LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830201003249A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT TREE DURING AGRICULTURAL OPERATION.

## 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 SEA83LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA049), Feb 2, 1983: Cessna A188B (N4784Q), Medford, OR, destroyed

## Other reports on N4784Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20050403005579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050403005579A), Apr 3, 2005: Cessna A188B (N4784Q), Palouse, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) At about 5:20 p.m. the pilot [privacy data omitted] departed a privately owned crop duster airstrip near Palouse Washington. The aircraft was a Cessna…

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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