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FAA accident report · Amtr CHRISEAGLE2 · Lake Elsinore, CA · September 9, 2000

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Date
September 9, 2000 · 13:35 local
Place
Lake Elsinore, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N44ED
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX00LA331
Reported as
Amtr CHRISEAGLE2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total
N44EDRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2001 · Humphrey E J CHRISTEN EAGLE IIS/N HUMPHREY-0001Airframe modelHumphrey E J CHRISTEN EAGLE II

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot flying a christen eagle ii(N44ED) took off from a chino airport, CA. On a local flight. Pilot had a passenger on board, owner of accident airplane was also flying with them in another a/c. the two a/c were approx. 600 feet apart with the owner leading the two a/c, the owner stated that the last time he remembers seeing the accident a/c it was below and behind him. The owner tried radio contact without success, the accident a/c appears to have been flying low over a mesa where it came in contact with a tree. The accident a/c then impacted the fround, crashed then caught fire. Both occupants were killed and the a/c destroyed. (.4) history of flight: on September 9, 2000, about 1335 hours pacific daylight time, an e. j. humphrey, christen eagle ii, N44ED, operated by the pilot, collided with a tree and terrain while maneuvering about 6 miles southeast of Lake Elsinore, California. The experimental homebuilt airplane was destroyed, and the private pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed during the personal flight that was performed under 14 CFR part 91. No flight plan was filed for the local area flig ht that originated about 1300 from chino, California. The owner of the accident airplane reported to the national transportation safety board investigator that the pilot had borrowed his airplane for the purpose of having the passenger take aerial photographs of landscape during their flight. The airplane owner was also airborne in another of his airplanes, and he was in radio contact with his acquaintance, the accident pilot. After flying for several minutes, radio communications between the airplanes' pilots ceased, and a column of smoke was observed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT FLYING A CHRISTEN EAGLE II(N44ED) TOOK OFF FROM A CHINO AIRPORT, CA. ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. PILOT HAD A PASSENGER ON BOARD, OWNER OF ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS ALSO FLYING WITH THEM IN ANOTHER A/C. THE TWO A/C WERE APPROX. 600 FEET APART WITH THE OWNER LEADING THE TWO A/C, THE OWNER STATED THAT THE LAST TIME HE REMEMBERS SEEING THE ACCIDENT A/C IT WAS BELOW AND BEHIND HIM. THE OWNER TRIED RADIO CONTACT WITHOUT SUCCESS, THE ACCIDENT A/C APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FLYING LOW OVER A MESA WHERE IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A TREE. THE ACCIDENT A/C THEN IMPACTED THE FROUND, CRASHED THEN CAUGHT FIRE. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE KILLED AND THE A/C DESTROYED. (.4) HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2000, ABOUT 1335 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN E. J. HUMPHREY, CHRISTEN EAGLE II, N44ED, OPERATED BY THE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA. THE EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED DURING THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT WAS PERFORMED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL AREA FLIG HT THAT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1300 FROM CHINO, CALIFORNIA. THE OWNER OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR THAT THE PILOT HAD BORROWED HIS AIRPLANE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE PASSENGER TAKE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF LANDSCAPE DURING THEIR FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE OWNER WAS ALSO AIRBORNE IN ANOTHER OF HIS AIRPLANES, AND HE WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH HIS ACQUAINTANCE, THE ACCIDENT PILOT. AFTER FLYING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE AIRPLANES' PILOTS CEASED, AND A COLUMN OF SMOKE WAS OBSERVED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX00LA331Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportLake Elsinore, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from ground obstacles that resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree, while intentionally maneuvering at a low altitude, and the pilot's inattentive visual lookout.Sep 9, 2000 · Destroyed

Other reports on N44ED · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19900807030979AFinal Approach · Milwaukee, WIGiven right overhead approach. Impacted short and ground looped.Aug 7, 1990 · Reported as Amtral EAGLE2 · Substantial damage