# Accident 19990902045069A: Wthrly 620B, Big Spring, TX, September 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1999, 18:20 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Big Spring Mcmahon-Wrinkle
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.2410° N, 101.4691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2410&lon=-101.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4660M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4660M-1999-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 620B (registry code 9630605, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-620b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WTHRLY 620B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990902045069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1999, MR. WARD AARON MILLS,   A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WITH A CERTIFICATE NUMBER  522528992 WAS INVOLVED IN A AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTOF A WEATHERLY 620B, N4660M, WHILE APPLYING CHEMICALS TO COTTON FIELDS. THIS A/C WAS BEING OPERATED FOR BRUTON AERIAL SPRAYING SERVICE OUT OF GARDEN CITY, TX. AT APPROX. 18:20 CDT, THIS A/C COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN DUE TO POSSIBLE FUEL STARVATION AND WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED THE A/C. THE A/C WAS APPROX. EIGHT MILES NORTH WEST OF BIG SPRINGS MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPORT (21XS) LOCATED ING BIG SPRINGS, TEXAS, WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE COTTON FIELD TERRACE. THIS FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 137 FLIGHT RULES WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THERE WAS APPROX. 15 GALLONS OF HERBICIDE AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE WITH THE FAA.

## 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 FTW99LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA251), Sep 2, 1999: Weatherly 620B (N4660M), Big Spring, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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