- Date
- August 29, 1989, 19:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place
- Oklawaha, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8802MEagle DW-1-220
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890829032869A
- Case key
- 32309
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Probable cause
The loss of control on the ground during the landing roll for undetermined reasons.
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 flt departed the operator's airstrip about 1700 for a farm airstrip, to begin spraying, but returned. The plt/owner worked near the carburetor. The flt departed about 1755 & landed with no reported unusual eng sounds. An employee reportedly heard an acft make a spray pass just before dark. The wreckage was located about 2100 lying in a ditch located next to the rwy, partially submerged & burning. It was removed prior to NTSB arrival. Exam of the airstrip revealed that 2-3 foot tall grass along the edge of the rwy was pushed westbound in the direction of landing, and that the acft travelled off the rt side of the rwy into the ditch. Exam of the acft revealed no evidence of flt control failure or malfunction. The eng ran & operated normally. Exam of the eng compartment revealed that the gascolator drain valve separated. No determination could be made when this occurred. Evidence suggests that the fire was localized near the gascolator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8802M
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1-220
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW-1-0016-81
- Airframe hours
- 285
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Carl Albert Richards
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1989
- Airport
- 67FL · Oklawaha Farms, runway 27, 4,224 × 120 ft, grass/turf
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 40 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 N8802M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.