# NTSB FTW72DPD32: Weatherly 201, N86687, Breckenridge, TX, March 22, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 22, 1972
- Place: Breckenridge, TX · BRECKENRIDGE, TX
- Location: 32.7568° N, 98.9130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Breckenridge, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7568&lon=-98.9130&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 23, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166465
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72DPD32
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72DPD32

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1224  72/3/22    BRECKENRIDGE,TEX    WEATHERLY 201       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1891
        TIME - 1930                    N86687              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STEPHENS COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BRECKENRIDGE,TEX            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- FIRST FLT IN ACFT.NIGHT LDG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N86687](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86687-2013-04-12), registration cancelled 2013-04-12, S/N 102, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEATHERLY 201
- Registry model: [Weatherly 201](https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-201) (registry code 9630404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stephens County

## Other investigations on N86687 (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 FTW74DRG84](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG84), May 19, 1974: Weatherly 201 (N86687), Pearsall, TX, substantial damage

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.

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