# Accident 19800726030739A: Wthrly 201B, Mountain Home, ID, July 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1980, 09:30 local time
- Place: Mountain Home, ID
- Airport: Mountain Home
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.1316° N, 115.7306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNTAIN HOME MUNI (U76), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1316&lon=-115.7306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1293W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1293W-2016-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 201B (registry code 9630408, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-201b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WTHRLY 201B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,632 total, 127 in this make and model, 202 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYA20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800726030739A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON BASE LEG. UNABLE TO MAKE RUNWAY. LANDED IN ADJACENT FIELD. HIT DITCH. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK.

## 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 SEA80DYA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYA20), Jul 26, 1980: Weatherly 201B (N1293W), Mountain Home, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1293W (1)

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

- [Incident 19810720052039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810720052039I), Jul 20, 1981: Wthrly 201B (N1293W), American Falls, ID, Minor damage. Za ran out of fuel enroute. Minor damage on forced landing in a field. No fuel at enroute stop.

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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