# NTSB DEN88DQA01: Christen Industries Eagle II, N16RK, Roswell, NM, October 1, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: October 1, 1987, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Coordinates: 33.639057, -104.380561 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6391&lon=-104.3806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17322
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88DQA01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17322/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88DQA01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16RK-1989-03-20), registration cancelled 1989-03-20, S/N KRISSMAN0001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Christen Industries EAGLE II
- Registry model: [Krissman Robert CHRISTEN EAGLE II](https://openairdocs.org/model/krissman-robert-christen-eagle-ii) (registry code 05658DR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: KR 0001
- Airframe hours: 145
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871001058569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871001058569A), Oct 1, 1987: Amtr CHRISEAGLE2, Roswell, NM, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Crashed in an open field. Discovered in inverted position. All systems appeared to be operating at time of accident

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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