# Accident 20050524008549A: Wthrly 201B, Tornillo, TX, May 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2005, 05:50 local time
- Place: Tornillo, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NRQG
- Location: 31.5258° N, 106.1561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5258&lon=-106.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1284W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1284W-2007-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 201B (registry code 9630408, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-201b) (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 201B
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050524008549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 24, 2005 AT 0550 MST A WEATHERLY 201B, N1284W, REGISTERED TO C & D AERIAL INC. NOSED OVER DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF TORNILLO, TEXAS, WHILE ON AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FABENS, TEXAS ON MAY 24, 2005 AT 0530 MST.

## 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 DFW05CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA132), May 24, 2005: Weatherly 201B (N1284W), Tornillo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power as result of the failure of a cylinder.

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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