- Date
- February 11, 1993, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rachael, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8805DEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930211002229A
- Case key
- 27919
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Probable cause
The pilot poor preflight planning and preparation. The road sign was a factor relating to this accident.
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 aerial application flight departed from a privately owned road. Before departing on the flight an unidentified pickup truck stopped on the road and did not move. The pilot elected to takeoff away from the truck. The airplane's left wing struck a sign. The airplane settled to the ground causing additional damage to the right wing and main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8805D
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0034-81
- Airframe hours
- 2,001
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Parowan Crop Dusting Svc
- Registered owner
- Parowan Crop Dusting Svc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 5, 1993 · 408 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 17,215 total · 8,500 in this make and model · 17,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °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 N8805D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.