# Accident 20000518008399A: Eagle DW1, Boulder, UT, May 18, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 18, 2000, 10:00 local time - Place: Boulder, UT - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137) - Operator: HNIG - Location: 37.9205° N, 111.4793° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9205&lon=-111.4793&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8803H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8803H-2001-08-01) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Eagle EAGLE DW-1 (registry code 3230203, https://openairdocs.org/model/eagle-eagle-dw-1) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: EAGLE DW1 - Reported engine: LYC IO540M1B5 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 450 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA090) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000518008399A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23)PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND FOUND THE NEAREST EMERGENCY AREA TO LAND, WHICH WAS A FIELD DIRT ROAD RUNNING SOUTH/EAST DIRECTION WITH CLIFFS AT BOTH ENDS. HE REPORTED JUST MISSING CLIFF AND JUST MAKING IT TO DIRT ROAD. PILOT INDICATED DURING LANDING HIS NERVES WERE ON EDGE WITH NEAR MISS OF THE CLIFF. HE STATED HE PROBABLY HAD HIS FEET ON THE BRAKES DURING THE LANDING. IT WAS A SLOW LANDING. HE SAID HE FELT HE DIDN'T PULL BACK ON THE STICK SOON ENOUGH,OR HIS SPEED WAS TOO SLOW FOR THE STICK TO HAVE MUCH INPUT. HE SAID AFTER ALL THIS, THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL JUST SEEMED TO COME UP AND OVER. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE UPPER WIND AND DESTROYED THE TAIL SECTION. PILOT WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACCIDNER WITH NO INJURIES. PILOT STATED TO FSDO HE HAD A VERY BAD DAY AND MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS. AS FAR AS STOPPING HIS SPRAYING TO GET FUEL, HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE COULD FINISH THE SPRAYING JOB AND GET BACK WITH ENOUGH FUEL. (.4) ON MAY 18, 2000, APPROXIMATELY 1000 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EAGLE DW-1, N8803H, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY PAROWAN CROP DUSTING SERVICES, INC., WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT LANDED HARD AT BOULDER, UTAH. THE CO MMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE LOCAL AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 137. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PAROWAN, UTAH, APPROXIMATELY 0510. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S ACCIDENT REPORT, HE DEPARTED PAROWAN WITH A FULL LOAD OF CHEMICAL (165 GALLONS OF MALATHION ULV) AND FULL FUEL (60 GALLONS) EN ROUTE TO BOULDER (TOTAL PAYLOAD APPROXIMATELY 1700 POUNDS). THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS SOUTH TO HURICANE MESA, EAST TO BRYCE CANYON AND ESCALANTE, THENCE TO BOULDER. TOWARDS THE END OF THE AERIAL APPLICATION (1,100+ ACRES), WIND VELOCITY BEGAN INCREASING AND, NOTICING THAT THE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERED 1/8 TO 1/4 FUEL REMAINING, THE PILOT TURNED TOWARDS ESCALANTE, WHERE HE PLANNED TO LAND AND REFUEL. OVER BOULDER, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED EMPTY. THE PILOT BRIEFLY CONSIDERED LANDING AT BOULDER, BUT DECIDED THE UNIMPROVED AIRSTRIP WAS INADEQUATE. FIVE MILES FROM ESCALANTE AND 2 MILES PAST BOULDER, THE PILOT REALIZED THE TERRAIN AHEAD WAS NOT CONDUCIVE TO A FORCED LANDING. HE TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE BOULDER AIRSTRIP. THE ENGINE LOST POWER 1/2-MILE FROM THE AIRSTRIP.ACTIVATING THE BOOST PUMP RESULTED IN 2 SECONDS OF ENGINE POWER, ENOUGH FOR THE AIRPLANE TO CROSS THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. AIRSPEED HAD DETERIORATED TO 60 MPH AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD. THE NOSE STARTED TO "DIP" AND THE PILOT APPLIED FULL NOSE UP ELEVATOR. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO NOSE OVER, CRUSHING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. ## 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 DEN00LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA090), May 18, 2000: Eagle DW-1 (N8803H), Boulder, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to take timely remedial action when he realized a low fuel state. Factors were fuel exhaustion and low airspeed. ## Other reports on N8803H (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19820224000999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820224000999A), Feb 24, 1982: Eagle DW1 (N8803H), Clarkdale, MS, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route to spray field. Nosed over in plowed field. Fuel injector nozzle line seperated at nozzle. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.