Weatherly 201B N1265W
27 September 1988 · Soledad, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 27 September 1988 at about 17:00 local time, a Weatherly 201B registered N1265W, operated by Crop Flight, Inc., was involved in an accident near Soledad, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Soledad, California, United States
- Coordinates
- 36.3900, -121.2991
- Aircraft
- Weatherly 201B
- Registration
- N1265W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Crop Flight, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Soledad → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX88DVM04
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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 STATED THAT AFTER DETECTING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT HE TURNED OFF ALL ELECTRICAL SWITCHES AND MADE ONE MORE SPRAY PASS. AFTER THE PASS, SMOKE BECAME VISIBLE FROM THE ENGINE AND PART OF THE COWL SEPARATED. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LNDG IN A DRY RIVER BED AND EXITED ACFT. POST-LNDG FIRE CONSUMED ACFT, CAUSE OF POWER LOSS UNDETERMINED DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Weatherly 201 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 1989 | Weatherly 201B | Miami, Texas, United States | S&H Aerial Spraying | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 1987 | Weatherly 201C | Louise, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1989 | Weatherly 201-B | Wymore, Nebraska, United States | Thomsen Aerial Spray | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 1990 | Weatherly 201B | Center, Colorado, United States | Alpine AG, Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 1990 | Weatherly 201-B | Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1985 | Weatherly 201B | Davenport, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 1988 | Colman BD-4 | Half Moon Bay, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 1988 | Cessna 182A | Visalia, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 1988 | Cessna 150F | Hayfork, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Feb 1988 | Beechcraft A36 | Ramona, California, United States | Lancer Engineering | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 May 1988 | Cessna 180B | Quincy, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 1988 | Hiller UH-12D | Winterhaven, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |