- Date
- May 4, 1981
- Place
- Hanamaulu, HI · HANAMAULU, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101MAEmair MA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810504022169A
- Case key
- 126104
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1131 81/5/4 NR.HANAMAULU,HI EMAIR MA-1B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 16800 TIME - 1015 N101MA PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANAMAULU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIHUE,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 30 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 400 REMARKS- L MAIN GEAR STRUT FAILED AT LWR ATCH BOLT HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101MA
- Reported as
- Emair MA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hanamaulu
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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 N101MA · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX83FJA05Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportNr Lihue Arpt, HIThe acft collided with a tree during a turn-around while engaged in aerial application operations. The pilot had made a few runs over the same field until he exhausted his load. After landing and reloading he returned to the area to finish the job and on the…NTSB OAK78DJA10Accident · No injuriesClosedKeaau, HINTSB OAK72FJA13Accident · No injuriesClosedBarbers Pt, HINTSB OAK71FJA08Accident · No injuriesClosedWaipahu, HI