- Date
- March 24, 1983, 09:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nr Lihue Arpt, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N101MAMurrayair MA1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830324009989A
- Case key
- 23520
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 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 1st turn-around he collided with a tree. The right top wing separated from the airframe during the tree contact and landed about 100 feet short of the main wreckage on a direct line from the tree. Fire broke out on impact with the ground. The pilot was pulled from the wreckage by field workers but died in the hospital that afternoon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101MA
- Reported as
- Murrayair MA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 9,111
- Engine
- Wright R1820-202A, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Murrayair, Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1983 · 23 hours before
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 1,294 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Observed at
- L1H, 6 nm away
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.