- Date
- January 8, 1971
- Place
- Waipahu, HI · WAIPAHU, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N101MAMurrayair MA-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159810
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0816 71/1/8 WAIPAHU,HAWAII MURRAYAIR MA-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N101MA PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 35, 13220 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 212 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HONOLULU INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAIPAHU,HAWAII LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 40 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND REMARKS- NR8 CYL EXH ROCKER BOX CRACKED,CAUSING EXH VALVE TO REMAIN CLOSED.SPRAYING SUGAR BEETS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101MA
- Reported as
- Murrayair MA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Honolulu Intl
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.
Other investigations on N101MA · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX83FJA05Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportNr Lihue Arpt, HIThe acft collided with a tree during a turn-around while engaged in aerial application operations. The pilot had made a few runs over the same field until he exhausted his load. After landing and reloading he returned to the area to finish the job and on the…NTSB LAX81DJA09Accident · No injuriesClosedHanamaulu, HINTSB OAK78DJA10Accident · No injuriesClosedKeaau, HINTSB OAK72FJA13Accident · No injuriesClosedBarbers Pt, HI