- Date
- April 30, 1987, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9256WWeatherly 620
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870430013069A
- Case key
- 17217
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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 plt departed with full fuel in the acft to practice aerial spraying techniques. After 45 mins of practice he returned to the arpt for landing. He said that prior to entering the traffic pattern he switched from the half-full right tank to the full left tank. Three mins later, while on the downwind leg at 300-400 ft AGL, the eng lost pwr. The plt said he was too low to loosen his shoulder harness and feel the fuel selector but he visually checked it and it appeared to be positioned correctly. He said he applied carb heat and turned the boost pump on but pwr was not restored. The plt attempted to land in an open field adjoining the arpt but inadvertently stalled the acft about 20 ft AGL and crashed. Investigation disclosed no evidence of mechanical failure/malfunction of acft or eng. Fuel was present in tanks and lines. Eng was later test run without difficulty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9256W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 620
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1501
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Doug Campbell, doing business as C & C Aerial Sprayers
- Registered owner
- C & C Aerial Sprayers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- GXY · Greeley Weld County
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 604 total · 12 in this make and model · 485 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNL, 18 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.