- Date
- March 18, 1990, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N234RWWeber Christen Eagle II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900318004509A
- Case key
- 26532
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper use of the flight controls while performing acrobatic maneuvers.
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.
Analysis
Witnesses indicated that the homebuilt entered a spin while performing aerobatic maneuvers. Pilot at controls presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234RW
- Reported as
- Weber Christen Eagle II (CHRISTEN E)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- WEBER 0001
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard E. Weber
- Airport
- UDD · Bermuda Dunes
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSP, 13 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.