# Accident 20150709009819A: Weatherly Aviation Co Inc 620B, Hatch, NM, July 9, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2015, 08:00 local time
- Place: Hatch, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: V4ZG
- Location: 32.6300° N, 107.3600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6300&lon=-107.3600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2034P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2034P-2015-10-01) (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: WEATHERLY AVIATION CO INC 620B
- Reported engine: P&W R-985
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,780 total, 40 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150709009819A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 9, 2015 AT 0745 MDT A WEATHERLY 620B N2034P, STRUCK A POWER LINE AND LANDED IN A FIELD,  8.7 MILES WEST OF HATCH, NEW MEXICO, WHILE DOING AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION . VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HATCH, NEW MEXICO ON JULY 9, 2015 AT 0700 MDT.

## 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 GAA15CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA171), Jul 9, 2015: Weatherly 620B (N2034P), Hatch, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain obstacle clearance, and the airplane struck a transmission line wire during aerial application operations.

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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