- Date
- May 31, 1978
- Place
- Keaau, HI · KEAAU, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101MAEmair MA1B
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780531014219A
- Case key
- 141695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1146 78/5/31 KEAAU,HI EMAIR MA1B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 16215 TIME - 1500 N101MA PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAUNALOA NUT CORP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEAAU,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 9999 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 - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT REMARKS- LEFT BRAKE WEAK,ACFT FERTILIZING MACADAMIAN NUTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101MA
- Reported as
- Emair MA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Maunaloa Nut Corp
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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 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 OAK72FJA13Accident · No injuriesClosedBarbers Pt, HINTSB OAK71FJA08Accident · No injuriesClosedWaipahu, HI