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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Eagle DW1 · Waverly, WA · March 26, 1983

Date
March 26, 1983 · 16:30 local
Place
Waverly, WA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8809A
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83LA086
Reported as
Eagle DW1
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,250 total220 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Caught in a downdraft was unable to clear rising terrain on spray run turnaround. Nosed over on ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

CAUGHT IN A DOWNDRAFT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR RISING TERRAIN ON SPRAY RUN TURNAROUND. NOSED OVER ON GROUND IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.