- Date
- August 20, 1982, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holdrege, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8809JEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820820040259A
- Case key
- 71047
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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 aircraft nosed over during a forced landing after the engine stopped from fuel exhaustion. The pilot had finished spraying and was on his way to refuel when the loss of power occurred. He picked out a short field for landing and the tailwheel aircraft nosed over due to soft terrain. The pilot said he should have initially onloaded more fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8809J
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW-1-0057-82
- Airframe hours
- 131
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Harrington Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Harrington Flying Service
- Departed
- HDE · Holdrege, NE
- Destination
- HDE · Holdrege, NE
- Airport
- HDE · Brewster
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,303 total · 127 in this make and model · 2,180 as pilot in command · 320 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.