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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Wthrly 201 · Watertown, SD · July 10, 1984

Date
July 10, 1984 · 15:32 local
Place
Watertown, SD
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N86686
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN84LA217
Reported as
Wthrly 201
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,575 total300 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hooked the spray boom on standing wheat at end of the runway during takeoff. Ag plane flipped over and burned.

As the FAA filed it

HOOKED THE SPRAY BOOM ON STANDING WHEAT AT END OF THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF. AG PLANE FLIPPED OVER AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.