- Date
- April 10, 1988, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chamblee, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N722HSChristen Industries Eagle II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880410009779A
- Case key
- 7536
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Object - residence
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N722HS
- Reported as
- Christen Industries Eagle II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- SMITH-0001
- Airframe hours
- 39
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Hayden Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1987 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- 7DK · Winder, GA
N722HSRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2013 · Smith R Hayden CHRISTEN EAGLE IIAirframe modelSmith R Hayden CHRISTEN EAGLE IIEngine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 39 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.