Weatherly 201C N9243W

Summary

On 24 February 1982 at about 16:00 local time, a Weatherly 201C registered N9243W, operated by R. A. Richelderfer, was involved in an accident near Wasco, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 February 1982 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wasco, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Weatherly 201C

Registration

N9243W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

R. A. Richelderfer

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wasco → Wasco

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA82FYM10

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE DID NOT MAINTAIN FULL POWER. WHILE LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TELEPHONE WIRE AND THREE TREES. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS THAT WOULD CAUSE A LOSS OF POWER. THE THROTTLE QUADRANT, PN 40380, HAD SEVERAL DISCREPANCIES. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF LUBRICATION OF THE QUADRANT, AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE LEVERS WAS STIFF. THE THROTTLE, PROPELLER CONTROL, AND MIXTURE LEVERS WERE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER, AND MOVEMENT OF ONE LEVER WOULD CAUSE RUBBING ON THE LEVER NEXT TO IT. THE QUADRANT HOUSING HAD EVIDENCE OF THE LEVERS RUBBING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUSING. THE MIXTURE LEVER SHOWED EVIDENCE OF EXTENSIVE WEAR AND ELONGATION OF THE ATTACH HOLE. THE CABLE ATTACH HOLE WAS WORN COMPLETELY THROUGH THE END OF THE LEVER, AND THE MIXTURE CABLE WAS NOT ATTACHED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.