# Accident 20050806020499A: Wthrly 620B, Osage, IA, August 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Osage, IA
- Airport: Osage Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: VHRG
- Location: 43.4708° N, 92.8353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4708&lon=-92.8353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6305W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6305W-2009-03-18) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,045 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806020499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OSAGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITH FULL FUEL TANKS (APPROXIMATELY 90 GALLONS) AND 200 GALLONS OF LIQUID INSECTICIDE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. PILOT DUMPED APPROXIMATELY 130 GALLONS OF INSECTICIDE ON THE END OF RUNWAY 17 AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AGL. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN A FIELD, AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER WIRES AND TREES AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. A POST-CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CHI05LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA213), Aug 6, 2005: Weatherly 620-B (N6305W), Osage, IA, destroyed. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. Contributing factors were the wires and the trees.

## Other reports on N6305W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990525005629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990525005629A), May 25, 1999: Wthrly 620B (N6305W), Whiteface, TX, Substantial damage. Acft wheels dug into mud on take-off, and the acft flipped over, other circumstances are unknown. (.19) on may 25, 1999, at approximately 1030 central daylight…

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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