# Accident 19780908030372A: Wthrly 201B, Greenfield, CA, September 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1978
- Place: Greenfield, CA
- Airport: Metz Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.3283° N, 121.1866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at METZ (3CA7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3283&lon=-121.1866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1265W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1265W-1990-09-04) (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: 6,500 total, 3,300 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780908030372A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2930W, Wthrly 201A: [Accident 19780908030371A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780908030371A)

## 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 OAK78FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA048), Sep 8, 1978: Weatherly 201B (N1265W), Greenfield, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N1265W (1)

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

- [Accident 19880927041239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880927041239A), Sep 27, 1988: Wthrly 201B (N1265W), Soledad, CA, Destroyed. Engine fire erupted during a spray run. Smoke in cockpit. Crash landed and aircraft burned. Cause of fire unknown.

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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