- Date
- October 6, 1989, 13:34 local (23:34 UTC)
- Place
- Hilo, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88932Emair MA1-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891006039589A
- Case key
- 26523
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Probable cause
The failure of a main landing gear tire which caused the pilot to apply excessive brake pressure to avoid departing a narrow landing strip. Contributing to the accident was the pilot accepting an aircraft that had a tire worn beyond safe limits and maintenance personnel for not properly servicing the aircraft.
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
The pilot of a crop duster aircraft experienced a blown tire upon touchdown after an aerial application. Examination of the tires revealed that the tire safe wear limit had been exceeded. After the tire failed the aircraft drifted to the right of the runway and the pilot applied brakes followed by the aircraft going over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88932
- Reported as
- Emair MA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0044
- Airframe hours
- 1,369
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-99, 1,000 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Murrayair Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1989 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 24,000 total · 2,400 in this make and model · 24,000 as pilot in command · 219 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N88932 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.