# NTSB DEN83LA163: Cessna 188B, N4886R, Hooper, UT, July 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1983, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Hooper, UT
- Coordinates: 41.14944, -112.139961 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1494&lon=-112.1400&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16113
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16113/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA163

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE SPRAYING OPERATION WAS BEING CONDUCTED OVER A LARGE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT WAS MAPPED OUT INTO SEVERAL SMALL AREAS TO BE SPRAYED. DUE TO THE MANY AREAS TO BE SPRAYED, THE PLT DID NOT INSPECT EACH SECTION FOR OBSTACLES PRIOR TO THE FLT. WHILE SPRAYING IN A NEW SECTION THE ACFT STRUCK POWERLINES. THE PLT THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PASTURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4886R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4886R-1998-10-26), registration cancelled 1998-10-26, S/N 18803013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1880245T
- Airframe hours: 2533
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Amsel Corporation
- Registered owner: American Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 15, 1982
- Departed: OGD, OGDEN, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 3,438 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 3,259 as pilot in command, 229 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OGD, 4 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830710029959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830710029959A), Jul 10, 1983: Cessna A188B, Hooper, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit wires, shearing 1 foot from vertical stabilizer. Pilot made emergency crash landing.

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.

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