- Date
- October 1, 1987, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Roswell, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N16RKChristen Industries Eagle II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871001058569A
- Case key
- 17322
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Analysis
The plt and his plt rated pax departed Roswell at about 0900 MDT to practice maneuvers in the local area. The wreckage of the homebuilt acft was found in an open field about 1+20 after takeoff. There were no known witnesses to the accident. The inverted position of the acft wreckage and lack of movement after impact indicated a stalled flt condition. There was no evidence of acft malfunction found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16RK
- Reported as
- Christen Industries Eagle II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- KR 0001
- Airframe hours
- 145
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360L-4143, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerardin Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- ROW · Roswell, NM
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 7,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROW, 20 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.