# NTSB LAX84FUJ04: Weatherly 620, N46032, Waddell, AZ, September 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 16, 1984, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Waddell, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.54911, -112.429519 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5491&lon=-112.4295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84FUJ04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24026/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FUJ04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight control,stabilator - separation (contributing factor)
  - flight control,rudder - separation (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - fuselage - fire (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE DURING A SPRAY OPERATION. WITNESSES SAID THE ACFT FLEW UNDER A POWER LINE AND AS IT PULLED UP COLLIDED WITH A LINE WHICH ANGLED OFF OF THE MAIN LINE. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND PART OF THE RUDDER SEPARATED. THE ACFT NOSED OVER AND CRASHED AFTER CONTINUING TO CLIMB AND TURN FOR A SHORT TIME. PART OF THE RUDDER WAS FOUND 1/8 OF A MILE FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. NO OTHER MALFUNCTIONS OF EQUIPMENT WERE FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46032](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46032-1984-11-02), registration cancelled 1984-11-02, S/N 1509, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEATHERLY 620
- Registry model: [Weatherly 620](https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-620) (registry code 9630602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1509
- Airframe hours: 995
- Engines: P&W R985-AN-1 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: H. D. Murphy
- Registered owner: H.D. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 28, 1984, 168 hours before
- Departed: PS, EL MIRAGE, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 7,500 total, 89 in this make and model, 7,500 as pilot in command, 110 in the last 30 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 1 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LUF, 5 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840916048349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840916048349A), Sep 16, 1984: Wthrly 620, Waddell, AZ, Destroyed. Vertical stabilizer was torn off while flyling under a powerline. Went into a vertical bank crashed and burned.

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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