What happened
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(-23) At approximately 3:03 pm EDT, a 75 year old commercial pilot, departed runway 14, as the only occupant in a kit fox iii. Home built experimental aircraft, N795JL, from the Eagles Nest Airport (private), located in the town of New London, new hampshire. Eagles Nest is a private airstrip that is located next to the lake sunapee golf course. Eagles Nest is a single paved runway that is oriented as runway 32 and 14. The length of the runway is 3100 feet, runway 32 slopes uphill and runway 14 slopes downhill. Several persons, one being the privacy data omitted, a retired eastern airline pilot and a private citizen that witnessed the crash stated that the wind was very gusty, the privacy data omitted in his opinion stated that the wind was blowing from 30 to 35 mph from the west northwest, the retired eastern airline pilot stated that the windsock was straight out and he estimated the wind at about 30 mph from the west, the private citizen that saw the crash stated that he was on the golf course, he stated that the wind appeared to be deceiving, the wind was not too bad on the golf course where he was but the trees along the runway, all their tops were just blowing down very hard. Interviewof witnesses via telephone on 07-05-2005: privacy data omitted was on the golf course and he observed the aircraft take off to the south, he stated that the wind on the ground at his location did not appear "too bad" but the tree tops along the runway were all bent down from what he said was a strong wind. privacy data omitted Said that he thoughtthe engine sounded like it was laboring when the aircraft was climbing out, once the aircraft cleared the tops of the trees the aircraft turned hard to the right and then saw the nose rise and the underside of the airplane, it seemed to him that the airplane continued harder to the right and then started spinning to what he believed was the right and then struck the ground vertical on the golf course. privacy data omitted Who is the wife of privacy data omitted was with her husband on the day of the accident, she stated that she heard her husband tell her to look up, when she did she saw a yellow airplane spinning to the right and collide with the ground, she also said that when she first saw the airplane it was close to the ground. Included is a signed statement from privacy data omittedprivacprivacy data omittedprivacy data omittedprivacy data omittedprivacy daprivacy data omittedprivacy daprivacy data omittedprivacy data privacy data omittedprivacy data omittedprivacy data omittedprivacy data omittedprivacy data omittedprivacy data omittedprivacy data omittedprivacy datprivacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 3:03 PM EDT, A 75 YEAR OLD COMMERCIAL PILOT, DEPARTED RUNWAY 14, AS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN A KIT FOX III. HOME BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, N795JL, FROM THE EAGLES NEST AIRPORT (PRIVATE), LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF NEW LONDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. EAGLES NEST IS A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP THAT IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE LAKE SUNAPEE GOLF COURSE. EAGLES NEST IS A SINGLE PAVED RUNWAY THAT IS ORIENTED AS RUNWAY 32 AND 14. THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY IS 3100 FEET, RUNWAY 32 SLOPES UPHILL AND RUNWAY 14 SLOPES DOWNHILL. SEVERAL PERSONS, ONE BEING THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A RETIRED EASTERN AIRLINE PILOT AND A PRIVATE CITIZEN THAT WITNESSED THE CRASH STATED THAT THE WIND WAS VERY GUSTY, THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN HIS OPINION STATED THAT THE WIND WAS BLOWING FROM 30 TO 35 MPH FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST, THE RETIRED EASTERN AIRLINE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDSOCK WAS STRAIGHT OUT AND HE ESTIMATED THE WIND AT ABOUT 30 MPH FROM THE WEST, THE PRIVATE CITIZEN THAT SAW THE CRASH STATED THAT HE WAS ON THE GOLF COURSE, HE STATED THAT THE WIND APPEARED TO BE DECEIVING, THE WIND WAS NOT TOO BAD ON THE GOLF COURSE WHERE HE WAS BUT THE TREES ALONG THE RUNWAY, ALL THEIR TOPS WERE JUST BLOWING DOWN VERY HARD. INTERVIEWOF WITNESSES VIA TELEPHONE ON 07-05-2005: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON THE GOLF COURSE AND HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF TO THE SOUTH, HE STATED THAT THE WIND ON THE GROUND AT HIS LOCATION DID NOT APPEAR "TOO BAD" BUT THE TREE TOPS ALONG THE RUNWAY WERE ALL BENT DOWN FROM WHAT HE SAID WAS A STRONG WIND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE THOUGHTTHE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS LABORING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT, ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE TOPS OF THE TREES THE AIRCRAFT TURNED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND THEN SAW THE NOSE RISE AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRPLANE, IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED HARDER TO THE RIGHT AND THEN STARTED SPINNING TO WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS THE RIGHT AND THEN STRUCK THE GROUND VERTICAL ON THE GOLF COURSE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO IS THE WIFE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS WITH HER HUSBAND ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, SHE STATED THAT SHE HEARD HER HUSBAND TELL HER TO LOOK UP, WHEN SHE DID SHE SAW A YELLOW AIRPLANE SPINNING TO THE RIGHT AND COLLIDE WITH THE GROUND, SHE ALSO SAID THAT WHEN SHE FIRST SAW THE AIRPLANE IT WAS CLOSE TO THE GROUND. INCLUDED IS A SIGNED STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVAC^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DA^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DA^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DAT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
NTSB investigation
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