# NTSB CHI86FEM05: Eagle DW-1, N8807Z, Baroda, MI, May 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 23, 1986, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Baroda, MI
- Coordinates: 41.949565, -86.479446 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9496&lon=-86.4794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13298
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEM05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13298/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEM05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise
  - lubricating system,oil hose - burst (cause)
  - fluid,oil - leak (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - crop (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8807Z), registered now, S/N DW-1-0049-81, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1
- Registry model: [Eagle Aircraft Co.-Bellanca EAGLE DW-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/eagle-aircraft-co-bellanca-eagle-dw-1) (registry code 3230202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: DW-1 0049-81
- Airframe hours: 530
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860523040169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860523040169A), May 23, 1986: Eagle DW1, Baroda, MI, Substantial damage. Oil hose ruptured during spraying operation. Nosed over during the precautionary landing in a wet, soft field.

## Other investigations on N8807Z (2)

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 CHI86LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA021), Oct 30, 1985: Eagle DW-1 (N8807Z), Bangor, MI, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW82DA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA319), Aug 8, 1982: Eagle DW-1 (N8807Z), Cheneyville, LA, substantial damage

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.

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