# NTSB SEA83LA084: Weatherly 201C, N9219W, Near Almira, WA, April 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 19, 1983, 10:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Near Almira, WA
- Coordinates: 47.719123, -118.930107 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7191&lon=-118.9301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39683/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA084

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,master rod - failure,total (cause)
- Fire, cruise - normal
  - fluid,oil - leak (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE AND FIRE IN FLT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ENROUTE TO SPRAY WHEAT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND OIL SPRAYED ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT SMELLED SMOKE, DUMPED HIS LOAD AND MADE A LANDING. WHEN HE GOT OUT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO BURN AND WAS DESTROYED. THE MASTER ROD HAD FAILED IN THE ENGINE, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9219W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WEATHERLY 201C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1034
- Airframe hours: 2100
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN1 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Dennis L. Buddrius
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: 2S8, WILBUR, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 4,960 as pilot in command, 135 in the last 90 days, 80 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EPH, 44 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 19830419015489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830419015489A), Apr 19, 1983: Wthrly 201C, Almira, WA, Destroyed. Engine lost power and caught fire in flight. Airplane burned after forced landing. Engine master rod had broken.

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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