Landes/Karich/Schmidt CHRISTEN EAGLE II accident near Tyler, TX
On November 28, 2000, a Landes/Karich/Schmidt CHRISTEN EAGLE II (airplane) was involved in an accident near Tyler, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 28, 2000
- Place
- Tyler, TX
- Aircraft
- Landes/Karich/Schmidt CHRISTEN EAGLE II · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 32.409°N, 95.439°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X22293
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 28, 2000, at 1624 central standard time, a Landes/Karich/Schmidt Christen Eagle II, an experimental amateur-built airplane, N83007, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while maneuvering near Tyler, Texas. The two private pilots aboard the airplane were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to one of the pilots. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The local aerobatic flight departed the Tyler Pounds Field, Tyler, Texas, at 1600. According to one witness, who was located approximately 1/2 mile from the accident site, the airplane had completed about four hammerhead stalls and was conducting its fifth when the accident occurred. The witness, who was an aerobatic flight instructor and former Naval aviator, stated that the pilot was conducting his maneuvers below the scattered clouds that were in the area, which he estimated to be at 3,000 feet agl. During the four hammerhead stall maneuvers that he witnessed prior to the accident, he observed the airplane "climb straight up, the engine power went to idle, the airplane stalled and then dove nose down" toward the ground. On each occasion, as the pilot was recovering from the dive (approximately 200-300 feet agl), the witness heard the engine power being applied in order to climb and practice the next maneuver. The witness stated that on the last maneuver, the airplane flew "dangerously low," and he knew the accident was imminent as it disappeared behind the trees. PERSONNEL INF
Probable cause
the pilot's performance of aerobatic maneuvers at a low altitude and his failure to maintain terrain clearance.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
