- Date
- February 1, 1983, 17:00 local (Feb 2, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Medford, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4784QCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830201003249A
- Case key
- 39658
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft collided with a tree during aerial application operations. The pilot stated that there was a powerline at one end of the orchard he was spraying and a row of leafless trees at the other. One of the taller boundary trees was overlooked by the pilot and the acft hit it. The collision punched a hole in the oil cooler and forced the pilot to make an off airport landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4784Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802526T
- Airframe hours
- 1,241
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Pacific Air Research, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ken Owen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- MFR · Jackson County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,500 in this make and model · 2,057 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFR, 3 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.
Other investigations on N4784Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.