NTSB Identification: MKC87LA120.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 34006.
Accident occurred Saturday, June 06, 1987 in MEDIAPOLIS, IA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 11/08/1988
Aircraft: Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1, registration: N8803S
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO DEPART DOWNWIND ON A RURAL FARM LANDING STRIP DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION. THE ACFT FAILED TO ATTAIN FLYING SPEED AND THE ACFT STRUCK A FENCE AND DITCH BEYOND THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
WRONG RUNWAY..SELECTED..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
AIRSPEED(VLOF)..NOT ATTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..FENCE
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..TAILWIND
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