- Date
- June 12, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oklee, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8801PEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840612026399A
- Case key
- 12645
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft ran off a road into a ditch which destroyed the main landing gear during the forced landing. The plt said oil covered the windshield after takeoff and he could not see well enough to find the airstrip so he landed on the road while looking out the side window. The oil siphoned out of the open oil filler port and was blown over the acft. The pltsaid he was distracted after putting oil in the acft and forgot to put the dipstick/cap back on.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8801P
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW-1-0008-80
- Airframe hours
- 871
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Odell Priest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- Oklee, MN
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,715 total · 76 in this make and model · 4,683 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.