- Date
- September 16, 1988, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8815CEagle DW-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880916053199A
- Case key
- 40887
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After takeoff, plt noted wind increasing. Plt then made downwind 300 ft AGL survey run of field to be sprayed abutting columbia river. In procedure turn over river at completion of run, acft encountered 'sinkhole' wihch plt could not counter with full power and after dumping load. Acft collided with water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8815C
- Reported as
- Eagle DW-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DW 10091 82
- Airframe hours
- 1,204
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-M1B5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Inland Air Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Inland Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 16, 1988 · 44 hours before
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 16,500 total · 575 in this make and model · 16,300 as pilot in command · 280 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.