# Accident 20150614009869A: Weatherly Aviation Co Inc 620A, Van Horn, TX, June 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2015, 11:25 local time
- Place: Van Horn, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 8GAG
- Location: 31.0219° N, 104.8214° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0219&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4659N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4659N-2017-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 620A (registry code 9630603, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-620a) (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: WEATHERLY AVIATION CO INC 620A
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150614009869A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 14, 2015, AT 11:25 A.M. CENTRAL TIME, A WEATHERLY 620-A AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N4659N, REGISTERED TO DEVIL DUSTERS INC., AND LEASED TO GUADALUPE AG SERVICES, LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE SPRAYING A PECAN ORCHARD 11 MILES SOUTH OF VAN HORN, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN HARD EMERGENCY LANDING, AND WAS DESTROYED BY POST-CRASH FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED ON A PART 137 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CULBERSON COUNTY AIRPORT (KVHN), 11 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF THE CRASH SITE ON JUNE 24, 2015 AT 1045 A.M. CENTRAL TIME.

## 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 CEN15LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA272), Jun 14, 2015: Weatherly 620A (N4659N), Van Horn, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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