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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Wthrly 620B · Hereford, TX · March 8, 2007

Date
March 8, 2007 · 11:30 local
Place
Hereford, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
TTPG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9001F
Reported as
Wthrly 620B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,300 total4,300 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 8, 2007, at 1100 CST, commercial pilot privacy data omitted was conducting agricultural aircraft spraying operations under title 14 CFR 137 in N9001F a weatherly aircraft, when he impacted a small embankment in the middle of a field about 20 miles west northwest of Hereford, Texas. The pilot noticed the right main gear had sheared off the aircraft, and the left main was badly damaged but still attached. The pilot was able to fly to the Hereford airport where he made an emergency landing on runway 21. At 1320 CST the weather was better than 5000 feet ceiling and better than 5 miles visibility. The winds were 210 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 20 knots. The temperature was 20 degrees celsius and the dew point was 4 degrees. The barometric pressure was 30.02 inches of mercury. The pilot landed on runway 21 at 1130 CST with emergency crews standing by. There were no injuries. The pilot reported minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 8, 2007, AT 1100 CST, COMMERCIAL PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT SPRAYING OPERATIONS UNDER TITLE 14 CFR 137 IN N9001F A WEATHERLY AIRCRAFT, WHEN HE IMPACTED A SMALL EMBANKMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD ABOUT 20 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HEREFORD, TEXAS. THE PILOT NOTICED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD SHEARED OFF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE LEFT MAIN WAS BADLY DAMAGED BUT STILL ATTACHED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FLY TO THE HEREFORD AIRPORT WHERE HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 21. AT 1320 CST THE WEATHER WAS BETTER THAN 5000 FEET CEILING AND BETTER THAN 5 MILES VISIBILITY. THE WINDS WERE 210 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 20 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE DEW POINT WAS 4 DEGREES. THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WAS 30.02 INCHES OF MERCURY. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 AT 1130 CST WITH EMERGENCY CREWS STANDING BY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT REPORTED MINOR DAMAGE.