What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft crashed under unknown circumstances, the 2 POB suffered fatal inj., acft was destoryed. (-23)on September 12, 1998, at 10:15 MDT, Grumman American AA-1B, registration number N6288L, registered to and operated by john f. crater (pilot), impacted terrain while maneuvering 1 mile west of coloado Springs east airport (CO50), Ellicott, Colorado. The commercial pilot and his one passenger were fatally injured. It appears that this flight was a familiarization flight for the passenger, promoted by the eaa "young eagles", and had departed meadow lake airport (oov), peyton, CO, approximately twenty minutes earlier. Preliminary investigation indicate that power failure was caused by fuel exhaustion. It also appears that the crash was due to loss of aircraft control resulting in a stall.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJ., ACFT WAS DESTORYED. (-23)ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1998, AT 10:15 MDT, GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B, REGISTRATION NUMBER N6288L, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY JOHN F. CRATER (PILOT), IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING 1 MILE WEST OF COLOADO SPRINGS EAST AIRPORT (CO50), ELLICOTT, COLORADO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. IT APPEARS THAT THIS FLIGHT WAS A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT FOR THE PASSENGER, PROMOTED BY THE EAA "YOUNG EAGLES", AND HAD DEPARTED MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT (OOV), PEYTON, CO, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES EARLIER. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATE THAT POWER FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY FUEL EXHAUSTION. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THE CRASH WAS DUE TO LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL RESULTING IN A STALL.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.