# NTSB SEA84LA098: Eagle DW-1, N8813J, Spangle, WA, April 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1984, 04:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place: Spangle, WA
- Coordinates: 47.43999, -117.35025 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4400&lon=-117.3503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39908
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39908/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA098

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - ice/frost removal from aircraft - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO FAA INSPECTORS, THE PLT POLISHED THE LOWER LEADING EDGES OF WINGS BEFORE DEPARTING, AS THEY WERE COVERED WITH FROST. THE PLT STATED THAT DURING CLIMB OUT THE ACFT ENTERED AN INADVERTENT STALL, FOLLOWED BY A THREE POINT LANDING ONTO SOFT FIELD. THE ACFT FLIPPED INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8813J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8813J-2013-06-05), registration cancelled 2013-06-05, S/N DW-1-0083-82, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1
- Registry model: [Eagle EAGLE DW-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/eagle-eagle-dw-1) (registry code 3230203) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0083-82
- Airframe hours: 420
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: William Mark Walters
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 23, 1984
- Departed: SPANGLE, WA
- Destination: U73, JEROME, ID

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840430014939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840430014939A), Apr 30, 1984: Eagle DW1, Spangle, WA, Substantial damage. Failed to clear wings of frost. Stalled on climbout. Landed off airport and nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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