# Accident 20010322003769A: Amtr EAGLE2, Ogden, UT, March 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2001, 15:17 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3208° N, 112.1633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3208&lon=-112.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5JV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5JV-2005-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vangilder James N CHRISTEN EAGLE II (registry code 05658EQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/vangilder-james-n-christen-eagle-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EAGLE2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010322003769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19) ON MARCH 22, 2001, AT 1517 MST, A VANGILDER CHRISTEN EAGLE II, N5JV, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR OGDEN, UTAH. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED STUDENT WERE BOTH FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED 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 A WITNESS, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED RUNWAY 34 AND FLEW WESTBOUND. APPROX. 1 HOUR LATER, AN EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMISSION (ELT) SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED AND A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. THE AIRPLANE WAS LOCATED APPROX. 1 HOUR LATER. (-23)ON MARCH 22, 2001 AT APPROX. 1825 MDT, THE ROC NOTIFIED THE ROC NOTIFED THE FAA THAT A/C N5JV HAD NOT RETURNED FROM A FLIGHT. THE ROC CALLED BACK AT APPROX. 2130 AND REPORTED THAT THE A/C HAD CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES NORTH WEST OF THE OGDEN, UTAH HINCKLEY AIRPORT AND THE A/C WAS DESTROYED. THE ATP AND HIS COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED STUDENT WERE BOTH FATALLY INJURED. DENVER NTSB  JIM STRUHSAKER AND THE SLC FSDO WERE ON SCENE AT 1330 ON 3/23/01, THE A/C WAS RESTING ON ITS RIGHT SIDE, THE WRECKAGE WAS IN                      TACK WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE WEBER COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE HAD REMOVED THE LOWER LEFT WING FROM THE FUSELAGE IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE BACK SEAT OCCUPANT. THE FLIGHT CONTROLS APPEARED TO HAVE CONTINUITY. THE A/C CRASHED NOSE DOWN, THERE WAS AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE AREA WHERE THE ENGINE CAME TO REST. THE A/C WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT. HILL AIRFORCE BASE RADAR INDICATED THE FLIGHT LASTED FOR 29 MINUTES FROM THE TIME OF DEPARTURE UNTIL THE CRASH. THE A/C DEPARTED OGDEN AIRPORT AT 1448 AND CRASHED 1517.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN01FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA074), Mar 22, 2001: Vangilder Christen Eagle II (N5JV), Ogden, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. 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…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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