- Date
- September 27, 1988, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Soledad, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1265WWeatherly 201B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880927041239A
- Case key
- 25776
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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 pilot stated that after detecting smoke in the cockpit he turned off all electrical switches and made one more spray pass. After the pass, smoke became visible from the engine and part of the cowl separated. The engine lost power and the pilot executed a forced lndg in a dry river bed and exited acft. Post-lndg fire consumed acft, cause of power loss undetermined due to fire damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1265W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 619
- Airframe hours
- 3,384
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Crop Flight, Inc., doing business as Crop Flight, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kenneth C Crone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1988 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- Soledad, CA
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 793 total · 311 in this make and model · 731 as pilot in command · 159 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- SNS, 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.
Other investigations on N1265W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.