- Date
- May 20, 1989, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1271WWeatherly 201B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890520018069A
- Case key
- 22709
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from a known obstacle during agricultural spray flight operations,
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 aircraft was conducting agricultural spraying operations when it struck powerlines at the end of the application run. The vertical fin and rudder was torn off. The pilot said he should have paid more attention to the known hazard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1271W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 626
- Airframe hours
- 2,952
- Engine
- P&W R985-AN-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- S&H Aerial Spraying
- Registered owner
- Sand H Aerial Spraying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1989 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- PPA · Pampa, TX
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 62 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GAG, 52 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.
Other investigations on N1271W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.