- Date
- May 10, 1986, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Walsh, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8812TEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860510019669A
- Case key
- 16961
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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 reports that he was landing to the south on the turf rwy with calm winds when the accident occurred. He said the landing was normal until the acft slowed to 40 to 50 mph at which time a whirlwind was encountered which lifted the right wing. The left wing contacted the ground and the acft nosed over. The plt also stated that he may have applied the brakes when the left wing hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8812T
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0076-82
- Airframe hours
- 709
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ogle Cogburn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- 0K0 · Griffin Field, runway 17, 3,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,920 total · 425 in this make and model · 1,860 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 19 °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.