Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MKC84FA218

KIMBALL, NE, USA

Aircraft #1

N8815S

Eagle Aircraft Co. DW1

Analysis

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.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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