- Date
- April 28, 1999, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Two Buttes, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9095WWeatherly 201-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990428047719A
- Case key
- 46250
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. Factors associated with the accident were an unknown object in the landing area, a failure of a main landing gear tire, and the pilot's inadvertent ground loop/swerve.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that during the landing roll on a dirt county road, the left main tire hit something and 'blew out.' The airplane veered left, encountered a ditch, and rotated perpendicular to the road. The left main landing gear broke off, and the left wing and the bottom of the fuselage were damaged.
Factual narrative
On April 28, 1999, approximately 1130 mountain daylight time, a Weatherly 201-C, N9095W, was substantially damaged during landing roll near Two Buttes, Colorado. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane, was not injured. The airplane was owned by the pilot and operated by TAT, Inc., as an agricultural flight under Title 14 CFR Part 137. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the aerial application flight which originated approximately 40 minutes before the accident. No flight plan had been filed.
The pilot said that during the landing roll on a dirt county road, the left main tire hit something and "blew out." The airplane veered left, encountered a ditch, and rotated perpendicular to the road. The left main landing gear broke off, and the left wing and the bottom of the fuselage were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9095W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1027
- Airframe hours
- 3,298
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ronald E. Turner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1999 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- runway 18, 3,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,871 total · 2,299 in this make and model · 10,776 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.