- Date
- June 6, 1991, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8806YEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910606020619A
- Case key
- 27238
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate visual outlook to detect power transmission wires in his flight path resulting in an abrupt maneuver and subsequent inadvertent stall.
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
An eagle DW-1 collided with the ground during an aerial application maneuver. The pilot stated he stalled the airplane after an abrupt maneuver to avoid a collision with power lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8806Y
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0044
- Airframe hours
- 2,093
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Precissi Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Precissi Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1990 · 157 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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 7,900 total · 1,065 in this make and model · 7,737 as pilot in command · 128 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 10 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.