# Accident 20000313006169A: Wthrly 620B, Odell, OR, March 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2000, 10:02 local time
- Place: Odell, OR
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.6355° N, 121.5522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odell, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6355&lon=-121.5522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9040V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9040V-2000-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 620B (registry code 9630605, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-620b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WTHRLY 620B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA00LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000313006169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS REPORTED BY WITNESSES, THE A/C WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATIONS WHEN THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A TREE. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO SEPARATE FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE A/C CONTINUED TO FLY UP A HILLSIDE AND BEGAN TO ROLL WHILE CONTACTING SEVERAL MORE TREES. AFTER CLEARING THE HILLTOP THE A/C CROSSED OVER A 2 LANE HIGHWAY IMPACTING ANOTHER HILLSIDE NOSE FIRST AND NEARLY INVERTED. THE A/C FUSELAGE CAME TO REST ON A GRAVEL ROAD, TRAVERSING THE HILLSIDE, WITH THE RIGHT WING, WHICH WAS SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE, BESIDE IT. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AFTER THE A/C CAUGHT FIRE FOLLOWING THE IMPACT WITH THE HILLSIDE.

## 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 SEA00LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA051), Mar 13, 2000: Weatherly 620B (N9040V), Odell, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude over, or clearance with, a tree. Factors contributing to the occurrence of the accident were the tree and sharply rising terrain. A factor…

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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