- Date
- January 20, 1987, 12:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Naalehu, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N88896Emroth Emair MA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870120000829A
- Case key
- 25289
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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
During an aerial application flight, the aircraft was observed to make a downwind run when the pilot dumped the load collided with the terrain, become airborne and eventually collided with trees. Witnesses stated that they heard the engine running and that it did not vary during the crash sequence. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported. The plt did not report his flt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88896
- Reported as
- Emroth Emair MA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SN038
- Airframe hours
- 3,741
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-202A, 900 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Murrayair, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 24, 1986 · 5 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.