# Accident 20191017023249A: Weatherly Aviation Co Inc 620B, Fabens, TX, October 17, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2019, 14:04 local time
- Place: Fabens, TX
- Airport: Fabens Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: V4ZG
- Location: 31.6547° N, 106.3033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6547&lon=-106.3033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9033T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9033T-2020-04-30) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191017023249A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA20CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA033), Oct 17, 2019: Weatherly 620 (N9033T), Fabens, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power wires while maneuvering at a low altitude.

## Other reports on N9033T (1)

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

- [Incident 20190415002869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190415002869I), Apr 15, 2019: Weatherly Aviation Co Inc 620B (N9033T), San Miguel, NM, Minor damage. On April 15, 2019, at 1530, a Weatherly 620B, N9033T registered to roger zeledon dba valley ag, departed the runway landing to the south at stahmanns airport,…

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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