# NTSB ATL88DKG06: Christen Industries Eagle II, N722HS, Chamblee, GA, April 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 10, 1988, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Chamblee, GA
- Location: 33.8811° N, 84.3017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chamblee, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8811&lon=-84.3017&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7536
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88DKG06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7536/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG06

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s)
  - object - residence
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N722HS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N722HS-2013-06-05), registration cancelled 2013-06-05, S/N SMITH-0001, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Christen Industries EAGLE II
- Registry model: [Smith R Hayden CHRISTEN EAGLE II](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-r-hayden-christen-eagle-ii) (registry code 05658AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: SMITH-0001
- Airframe hours: 39
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880410009779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880410009779A), Apr 10, 1988: Amtral EAGLE2, Atlanta, GA, Destroyed. Aircraft destroyed when it crashed in a yard shortly after takeoff. No fuel found in the tanks.

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.

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