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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Weatherly 620B · Fabens, TX · October 17, 2019

Date
October 17, 2019 · 14:04 local
Place
Fabens, TX
Airport
Fabens Airport
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
V4ZG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9033T
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA20CA033
Reported as
Weatherly 620B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
30,000 total40 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On October 17, 2019, at 1404 MDT, a 1996 Weatherly Aviation Co Inc 620B, N9033T, privacy data omitted, clipped a power line and crashed into a cotton field while spraying crops near socorro, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft was destroyed, and the certified commercial pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Fabens Airport, Fabens, Texas on October 17, 2019 at 1300 MDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 17, 2019, AT 1404 MDT, A 1996 WEATHERLY AVIATION CO INC 620B, N9033T, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CLIPPED A POWER LINE AND CRASHED INTO A COTTON FIELD WHILE SPRAYING CROPS NEAR SOCORRO, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FABENS AIRPORT, FABENS, TEXAS ON OCTOBER 17, 2019 AT 1300 MDT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N9033T · 1

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