- Date
- August 1, 1991, 19:40 local (Aug 2, 1991, 02:40 UTC)
- Place
- Poston, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8812WEagle DW1
- Weather
- Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910801031109A
- Case key
- 27310
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Probable cause
That the pilot misjudged the distance from the wires which required a rapid pull-up maneuver and his failure to maintain adequate flying speed. Contributing to this accident were the transmission wires.
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 completed his swath run and misjudged the distance of the transmission wires. In order to avoid hitting the wires the pilot executed a rapid pull-up during the 90/270 degree reversal turn. The pilot failed to maintain adequate flying speed and the airplane settled to the ground, cartwheeled, and subsequently burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8812W
- Reported as
- Eagle DW1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW-1-0077-82
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-MIB5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Michael Morris
- Registered owner
- R. Gary Morris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 860 total · 150 in this make and model · 773 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.