# Accident 19780718021369A: Wthrly 201B, Davis, CA, July 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1978
- Place: Davis, CA
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 38.5561° N, 121.7378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Davis, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5561&lon=-121.7378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1286W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1286W-1990-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 201B (registry code 9630408, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-201b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WTHRLY 201B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,476 total, 59 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780718021369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH RUNWAY AND INADVERTENTLY TRIED TO TAKF ON NEARBY ROAD.

## 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 OAK78DVG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG62), Jul 18, 1978: Weatherly 201B (N1286W), Davis, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1286W (1)

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

- [Accident 19890708021519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890708021519A), Jul 8, 1989: Wthrly 201B (N1286W), Wymore, NE, Substantial damage. After liftoff settled into a farm field. Careened into trees. Blamed turbulence but had 100 degrees and calm wind.

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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