- Date
- July 16, 1984, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Kimball, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8815SEagle DW1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840716032769A
- Case key
- 33538
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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 acft collided with a microwave tower 158 ft AGL while the plt was making a smoke trail to test the wind. As the plt was seen to look back along his smoke path, the acft collided with the tower. The cables supporting the twr & the twr destroyed the acft which fell nose down to the ground. The acft bounced on impact about 21 ft backwards leaving the prop& some of the engine at the impact point. No mechanical or medical discrepancies of a contributory nature were found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8815S
- Reported as
- Eagle DW1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0093-83
- Airframe hours
- 237
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- James F. Voss
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Potter, NE
- Destination
- Kimball, NE
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFF, 45 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.