# NTSB DEN88DTM02: Eagle DW-1, N8807E, Enterprise, UT, June 11, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1988, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Enterprise, UT
- Coordinates: 37.519943, -113.749824 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5199&lon=-113.7498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17334
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88DTM02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17334/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88DTM02

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - object - wire,transmission
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN GOING UNDER A POWERLINE THAT RAN ACROSS THE FLD BEING TREATED. ON THE ACDT PASS HE LOST SIGHT OF THE POWERLINE AND PULLED UP INTO THE LINE. THE VISIBILITY WAS UNRESTRICTED AND THE PASS WAS BEING MADE NORTH TO SOUTH AT MID MORNING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8807E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8807E-1989-01-18), registration cancelled 1989-01-18, S/N DW1004781 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1
- Registry model: [Eagle EAGLE DW-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/eagle-eagle-dw-1) (registry code 3230203) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: DW 1 0047 81
- Airframe hours: 679
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-M1B5D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Parowan Crop Dusting Service
- Registered owner: Parowan Crop Dusting Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 1, 1988, 81 hours before
- Departed: 1L6, BERYL JUNCTION, UT
- Destination: 1L6

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 1,655 total, 733 in this make and model, 1,570 as pilot in command, 265 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880611031839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880611031839A), Jun 11, 1988: Eagle DW1, Enterprise, UT, Destroyed. Pulled up into wires while spraying a field. Crashed and burned. Was intending to jump the mid field wires.

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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