# Accident 19780809025329A: Wthrly 201A, Wilbur, WA, August 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1978
- Place: Wilbur, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.7581° N, 118.7119° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilbur, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7581&lon=-118.7119&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9197W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9197W-2003-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 201C (registry code 9630410, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-201c) (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 201A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FYP48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYP48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780809025329A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 SEA78FYP48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYP48), Aug 9, 1978: Weatherly 201C (N9197W), Wilbur, WA, destroyed

## Other reports on N9197W (1)

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

- [Incident 20000809037549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809037549I), Aug 9, 2000: Wthrly 201C (N9197W), Pemberton, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot reported that after about 30 minutes into the flight, just after he had finished dispensing a load of organic liquid deer repellent (deer…

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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