# Accident 20150728012509A: Eagle Aircraft Co EAGLE DW-1, Hector, MN, July 28, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2015, 20:25 local time
- Place: Hector, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KJSG
- Location: 44.7311° N, 94.7117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7311&lon=-94.7117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8806B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8806B-2021-01-11) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,170 total, 125 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA326) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150728012509A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A TEST FLIGHT CHECKING THE RECENTLY INSTALLED SPRAY BARS.  UPON RETURN TO AIRPORT, PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND BELOW GLIDE PATH DURING THE FINAL TURN.  PILOT MADE TWO SMALL ADJUSTMENTS BUT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE DESCENT.  THE WHEELS INITIALLY CONTACTED THE VEGETATION FOLLOWED BY THE SPRAY BARS.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GROUND AND OVERTURNED.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 CEN15LA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA326), Jul 29, 2015: Eagle Eagle DW 1 (N8806B), Hector, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The intermittent partial loss of engine power, which resulted in a lower-than-expected approach glidepath and impact with terrain short of the runway. The reason for the intermittent partial loss of…

## Other reports on N8806B (1)

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

- [Accident 19880717028469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880717028469A), Jul 17, 1988: Eagle DW1 (N8806B), Holdrege, NE, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel after completing a spray operation. Aircraft nosed over landing in a soft field.

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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