# Accident 20010422007859A: Holt Bob J CHRISTEN EAGLE II, Palm Springs, CA, April 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2001, 15:40 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 33.8167° N, 116.5000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8167&lon=-116.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32MJ-2002-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Holt Bob J CHRISTEN EAGLE II (registry code 05658TW, https://openairdocs.org/model/holt-bob-j-christen-eagle-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010422007859A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON APRIL 22, 2001, ABOUT 1540 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A HOLT CHRISTIAN EAGLE II, N32MJ, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH WIRES WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR WHITE WATER, CALIFORNIA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 1520. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING AT A LOW LEVEL FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE ENGINE SOUND REMAINED LOUD AND STEADY. THE AIRPLANE BANKED LEFT AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED POWER LINES. WING PIECES SEPARATED AND THE AIRPLANE SPIRALED TO THE GROUND.            (-23) MR. JOSEPH A. LUKINS  DEPARTED PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1520, ON A PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT.  A EYEWITNESS AT THE SCENE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PROCEEDING SOUTHBOUND IN WHITEWATER CANYON AT A LOW ALTITUDE, BANKING BACK AND FORTH WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT A HIGH-TENSION ELECTRIC WIRE WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT SPIRALED TOWARD THE GROUND HITTING A FLATBED TRUCK PARKED IN A ROCK QUA RRY. MR. LUKINS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES UPON IMPACT.

## 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 LAX01LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA153), Apr 22, 2001: Holt Christian Eagle II (N32MJ), White Water, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate clearance from the power lines during an intentional low level flight.

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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