- Date
- May 23, 1986, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Baroda, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8807ZEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860523040169A
- Case key
- 13298
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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 plt shut down the acft engine after noticing oil on the canopy and a loss of oil pressure. A forced landing was performed in a corn field and the acft nosed over. Post accident inspection disclosed the oil pressure hose had ruptured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8807Z
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW-1 0049-81
- Airframe hours
- 530
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Michael Dorman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1986 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- 0D1 · South Haven, MI
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,770 total · 90 in this make and model · 3,612 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point -0 °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 N8807Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.