Eagle DW1 N8815S

Summary

On 16 July 1984 at about 16:40 local time, a Eagle DW1 registered N8815S was involved in an accident near Kimball, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 July 1984 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Kimball, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

41.2291, -103.6491

Aircraft

Eagle DW1

Registration

N8815S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Potter → Kimball

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84FA218

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A MICROWAVE TOWER 158 FT AGL WHILE THE PLT WAS MAKING A SMOKE TRAIL TO TEST THE WIND. AS THE PLT WAS SEEN TO LOOK BACK ALONG HIS SMOKE PATH, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TOWER. THE CABLES SUPPORTING THE TWR & THE TWR DESTROYED THE ACFT WHICH FELL NOSE DOWN TO THE GROUND. THE ACFT BOUNCED ON IMPACT ABOUT 21 FT BACKWARDS LEAVING THE PROP& SOME OF THE ENGINE AT THE IMPACT POINT. NO MECHANICAL OR MEDICAL DISCREPANCIES OF A CONTRIBUTORY NATURE WERE FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.