- Date
- July 21, 1982, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Murdock, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8801YEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820721039549A
- Case key
- 71800
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was en route to a bean field when the ground adjustable propeller came out of adjustment. The pilot dumped the load and made a forced landing in a beanfield. During the landing, the aircraft nosed over and was substantially damaged. An investigation revealed that the adjustable fixed pitch propeller aluminum sleeve, that holds the propeller in a fixed pitch, sheared off in flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8801Y
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW1-1-0011-8
- Airframe hours
- 301
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Larry Feucht
- Registered owner
- Larry Feucht
- Departed
- Murdock, MN
- Destination
- Murdock, MN
- Airport
- 12 · Murlock
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,216 total · 80 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 17 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8801Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.