Vangilder Christen Eagle II accident near Ogden, UT
On March 22, 2001, a Vangilder Christen Eagle II (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ogden, UT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 22, 2001
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Aircraft
- Vangilder Christen Eagle II · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.321°N, 112.163°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010327X00655
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 22, 2001, at 1518 mountain standard time, a Vangilder Christen Eagle II, homebuilt, experimental airplane, N5JV, was destroyed during impact with terrain near Ogden, Utah. The airline transport pilot and the commercial pilot receiving instruction were both fatally injured. A private individual was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight that originated at 1448. No flight plan had been filed. According to the airplane's owner, he purchased the airplane on September 9, 2000. The airplane was then hangared until March 2001 when a condition inspection was performed by the commercial pilot (who was also a licensed airframe and power mechanic). The owner said he purchased a 10 hour block of flight instruction time from the instructor pilot, who had never flown a Christen Eagle II, but who said that he had aerobatic experience in similar aircraft. On the day of the accident, the instructor pilot flew a 1 hour flight with the previous owner (a private pilot). The previous owner said that he had owned the airplane for 3 years, and had accumulated approximately 275 hours of flight experience in it. He stated that he and the instructor pilot practiced some touch and go landings, and then flew over the Harold Crane Waterfowl Management Area at 6,500 to 7,000 feet mean sea level (msl) to practice some stalls and slow flight. He said that he stopped the flight instructor on two occasions from performing a loop and an aileron roll. The previous owner said that he told the in
Probable cause
the flight instructor's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's lack of familiarity with the airplane.
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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.
