- Date
- February 18, 1984, 16:23 local (23:23 UTC)
- Place
- Townsend, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1264WWeatherly 201B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840218003899A
- Case key
- 16339
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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.
Analysis
The acft engine lost power on the base leg when the plt retarded the throttle. The plt landed on the rwy, but the acft started to veer to the right. The plt said he applied the brakes which did not seem to operate. Later, he said he may have had his feet on the rudder bar & not on the pedals. This was the plts first landing in this acft. A mechanic said the engine probably lost power because it 'flooded' due to rapid use of the throttle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1264W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 618
- Airframe hours
- 2,492
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN-1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald Cazier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 12, 1983 · 375 hours before
- Departed
- Belgrade, MT
- Airport
- 8U8 · Townsend, runway 16, 4,100 × 72 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1264W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.