- Date
- September 8, 1978
- Place
- Greenfield, CA · GREENFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780908030372A19780908030371A
- Case key
- 139593
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2630 78/9/8 NR.GREENFIELD,CA WEATHERLY 201A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, TIME - 0735 N2930W PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 1000 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METZ AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENFIELD,CA RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2630 78/9/8 NR.GREENFIELD,CA WEATHERLY 201B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 6500 TIME - 0735 N1265W PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3300 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METZ AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENFIELD,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - LETTUCE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 230 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - FIRST 1/3 TURN SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1265W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Metz Airstrip
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- Registration
- N2930W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Metz Airstrip
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FAA reports on this event · 2
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.