# Accident 19810922060889A: Eagle DW1, Westmoreland, CA, September 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1981, 02:59 local time
- Place: Westmoreland, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.0390° N, 115.6224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westmorland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0390&lon=-115.6224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8801V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EAGLE DW1
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUM21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810922060889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CANOPY CAME OPEN ON PULLUP FROM A SPRAY RUN. BLOCKED AIRFLOW OVER RUDDER. NOSED OVER ON FORCED LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX81FUM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUM21), Sep 22, 1981: Eagle DW-1 (N8801V), Westmoreland, CA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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