# Accident 19760217008799A: Wthrly 201B, Two Buttes, CO, February 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1976
- Place: Two Buttes, CO
- Airport: Rons Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.5607° N, 102.3966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Two Buttes, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5607&lon=-102.3966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1294W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1294W-2012-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 201B (registry code 9630408, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-201b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WTHRLY 201B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,964 total, 26 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760217008799A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAA FLT TEST FOR PROP-ENG CERT. BRAKE MOUNTING FLANGE ON RT GR FAILED IN WELD.28HR TT.GUSTING 20K.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN76AD030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD030), Feb 17, 1976: Weatherly 201B (N1294W), Two Buttes, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1294W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850919066659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850919066659I), Sep 19, 1985: Wthrly 201B (N1294W), Munday, TX, Minor damage. Switched fuel tanks and engine quit. Ground looped on landing off airport. Auto fuel in selected fuel tank.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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