# Accident 19971022030799A: Wthrly 620B, Cee Vee, TX, October 22, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cee Vee, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PHGG
- Location: 34.2231° N, 100.4457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cee Vee, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2231&lon=-100.4457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46278, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46278-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 620B (registry code 9630605, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-620b) (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 620B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971022030799A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK POWER LINES AND IMPACTED GROUNDAND BURNED, PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJ. CEE VEE, TX. (-23) WHILE SPRAYING A COTTON FIELD AIRMAN TRIED TO PASS OVER POWER LINES. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED LINES CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO CRASH AND BURN. AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED TOO CLOSE TO POWER LINES.

## 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 FTW98FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA028), Oct 22, 1997: Weatherly 620B (N46278), Cee Vee, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power lines during an aerial application flight.

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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