- Date
- April 21, 1974
- Place
- Nezperce, ID · NEZPERCE, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1261WWeatherly 201
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740421009889A
- Case key
- 124790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1494 74/4/21 NEZPERCE,ID WEATHERLY 201 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N1261W PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 27, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEZPERCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEZPERCE,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 2500 REMARKS- PLT UNABLE TO CLR 250 FT MOUND AFTR ENG RESTART WHEN FUEL SELCTOR SWITCHED TO FULL TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1261W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nezperce
N1261WRegistration cancelled Mar 27, 2006 · Weatherly 201BAirframe modelWeatherly 201BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1261W · 1
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