# Accident 20130729013419A: Eagle Aircraft Co EAGLE DW-1, Eagle Lake, MN, July 29, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2013, 08:10 local time
- Place: Eagle Lake, MN
- Airport: Mankato Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 6ZAG
- Location: 44.1561° N, 93.8772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1561&lon=-93.8772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8803Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8803Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eagle EAGLE DW-1 (registry code 3230203, https://openairdocs.org/model/eagle-eagle-dw-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EAGLE AIRCRAFT CO EAGLE DW-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-M1B5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 40 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA444) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130729013419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TREATING A FIELD NEAR EAGLE LAKE, MN.  FIELD WAS BEING TREATED NORTH TO SOUTH.  ON THE 4TH PASS, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE PULLED UP TO FINISH THE PASS AND NOTICED THAT HE WAS GETTING TOO CLOSE TO TREES ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF FIELD.  HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL UP TO MISS TREES.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE CLIPPED THE TOP 6 FEET OF ONE OF THE TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER WINGS AND AILERON, HOWEVER THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO FLY TO AND LAND AT MKT, THE NEAREST AIRPORT, ABOUT 5 MILES FROM WHERE HE STRUCK THE TREE.

## 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 CEN13LA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA444), Jul 29, 2013: Eagle DW-1 (N8803Z), Eagle Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of tree heights, which resulted in the collision with a tree.

## Other reports on N8803Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950807028019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950807028019I), Aug 7, 1995: Eagle DW1 (N8803Z), Fairfield, IA, Minor damage. Tail wheel caught on powerline during pull up from spray run. Flattened tailwheel, returned to base.

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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