- Date
- July 15, 1983, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Thompson, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1279WWeatherly 201B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830715032829A
- Case key
- 16116
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Analysis
The acft crashed during descent for the first swath run. Investigation revealed that the pilot applied back pressure to the control stick to flare from the descent. The acft did not respond and continued to descend. The impact was hard enough to tear the left wing off of the acft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1279W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 634
- Airframe hours
- 2,106
- Engine
- P&W 985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Woods Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 13, 1982 · 151 hours before
- Departed
- NA · Grand Forks, ND
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,900 total · 1,090 in this make and model · 2,783 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.