- Date
- August 12, 1983, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Agency, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- N1259WWeatherly 201B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830812045319A
- Case key
- 33468
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was engaged in aerial application over a small 9 acre bean field that was surrounded on 3 sides by hedge rows. He reported that as he descended on the leeward side of a hedge row to begin a swath run, the acft encountered turbulence & mushed into the ground. Subsequentyly, the left wing contacted the beans & the acft cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1259W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 613
- Airframe hours
- 2,842
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Rex A. Yoakam
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1983 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- Farson, IA
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,445 total · 183 in this make and model · 3,289 as pilot in command · 219 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
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 N1259W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.