- Date
- February 27, 1988, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Modesto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8801YEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880227005339A
- Case key
- 25740
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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
While enroute for the purpose of spraying a field, the engine seemed to overspeed then lose power. The aircraft was landed on a soft field where during the landing roll, the aircraft nosed over. The propeller dome was found to have separated from the aircraft in flight and was found 150 feet prior to the first point of impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8801Y
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0011-80
- Airframe hours
- 813
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Thomas Welch, doing business as Welch Aerial Applicators
- Registered owner
- Thomas Welch DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1987 · 172 hours before
- Departed
- A/P · Modesto, CA
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 6,500 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD, 7 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 N8801Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.