- Date
- April 10, 1987, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- North Adams, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11GSSprague Christian Eagle II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870410008959A
- Case key
- 30460
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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
The christian eagle was coming in for a touch and go when it sank into trees, turned around and became involved in a postcrash fire. The acft was destroyed and the plt fatally injured. A pilot who preceded the accident aircraft said the winds were gusty and that the gusty conditions were intermittent. No pre-existing problems were found with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11GS
- Reported as
- Sprague Christian Eagle II (CHRISTIAN)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0001-SPRAGUE
- Airframe hours
- 977
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-A1D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert C. Sprague, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Geraldine L. Sprague
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1987 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- 2B6 · Harriman & West, runway 29, 4,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 12,632 total · 120 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- 2B6
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.