# NTSB LAX80DUJ89: Cessna 188B, N4786R, Hyder, AZ, August 8, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1980
- Place: Hyder, AZ · HYDER, AZ
- Location: 33.0164° N, 113.3488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hyder, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0164&lon=-113.3488&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 29, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129179
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80DUJ89
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ89

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2566   80/8/8    HYDER,AZ            CESSNA 188B         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1500
        TIME - 1800                    N4786R              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HYDER RANCH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HYDER,AZ                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                 GLOVES - USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  800                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- TRACTOR PULLING TRAILER DROVE INTO FLT PATH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4786R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4786R-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 18802321, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hyder Ranch

## 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 19800808036729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800808036729A), Aug 8, 1980: Cessna 188CESSNA, Hyder, AZ, Substantial damage. Tractor pulled on runway in front of aircraft on takeoff run.

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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