Sprague CHRISTIAN EAGLE II N11GS
10 April 1987 · North Adams, Massachusetts, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 April 1987 at about 17:20 local time, a Sprague CHRISTIAN EAGLE II registered N11GS, operated by Robert C. Sprague, JR., was involved in an accident near North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
- Nearest airport
- Harriman & West (2B6)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Sprague CHRISTIAN EAGLE II
- Registration
- N11GS
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Robert C. Sprague, JR.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC87DNE02
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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