- Date
- June 6, 1987, 19:30 local (Jun 7, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mediapolis, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8803SEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870606019059A
- Case key
- 34397
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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 PIC attempted to depart downwind on a rural farm landing strip during an aerial application operation. The acft failed to attain flying speed and the acft struck a fence and ditch beyond the airport boundary.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8803S
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW1002581
- Airframe hours
- 652
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Lee County Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lee County Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 23, 1987 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- runway 36, 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 517 total · 140 in this make and model · 476 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.