- Date
- June 30, 1984, 17:00 local (Jul 1, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8804MEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840630031609A
- Case key
- 39958
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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.
Hard landing
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft nosed over during landing. The plt said vibration caused the parking brake to be set in the 'on' position priorto landing. At about 20 mph he used the brakes and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8804M
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW-1-0030-81
- Airframe hours
- 1,093
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1-B50, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Quincy Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1984
- Departed
- NONE · Quincy, WA
- Destination
- NONE · Quincy, WA
- Airport
- None
N8804MRegistered now · Eagle EAGLE DW-1Airframe modelEagle EAGLE DW-1Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,162 total · 95 in this make and model · 85 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EPH, 18 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.