# NTSB IAD05CA054: Clark/Loken Christen Eagle II, N130MC, South Woodstock, CT, April 10, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 10, 2005, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: South Woodstock, CT
- Coordinates: 41.92139, -71.952774
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9214&lon=-71.9528&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 7, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61283
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD05CA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61283/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA054

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

As the pilot began the landing flare the airplane continued to descend, contacting the ground and collapsing the landing gear.

## Factual narrative

On April 10, 2005, about 1830 eastern daylight time, an amateur built Christian Eagle II, N130MC, was substantially while landing at Woodstock Airport (64CT), South Woodstock, Connecticut.  The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight, conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

According to a written statement submitted by the pilot, during the descent for landing he experienced moderate turbulence below 2,000 feet.  He entered the airport traffic pattern and configured the airplane for a landing on runway 01.  As he began to flare for landing, the airplane continued to descend, contacted the ground, and the landing gear collapsed.

The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane.

The weather reported at Windham Airport (IJD), Willimantic, Connecticut, located 15 nautical miles southwest, at 1852, included winds from 310 degrees at 4 knots and clear skies.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N130MC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N130MC-2018-01-11), registration cancelled 2018-01-11, S/N 001, built 1991 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Clark/Loken Christen Eagle II
- Registry model: [Clark M P/Loken J C CHRISTEN EAGLE II](https://openairdocs.org/model/clark-m-p-loken-j-c-christen-eagle-ii) (registry code 05658WZ) (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: 1
- Engines: Lycoming AEIO-360 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Eagle RP LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: 64CT, South Woodstock, CT
- Airport: 64CT, Woodstock Airport, runway 01

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; last flight review June 10, 2004; flight hours: 543 total, 52 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Observed at: IJD

## 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 20050410005869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050410005869A), Apr 10, 2005: Amtr CHRISEAGLE2, South Woodstock, CT, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported that on way back from block island he felt a "vibration" in the stick. He stated that he "landed on the numbers" and then he said the gear…

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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