Vangilder CHRISTEN EAGLE II N5JV

Summary

On 22 March 2001 at about 22:18 local time, a Vangilder CHRISTEN EAGLE II registered N5JV was involved in an accident near Ogden, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 March 2001 at 22:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Ogden, Utah, United States

Coordinates

41.3208, -112.1633

Aircraft

Vangilder CHRISTEN EAGLE II

Registration

N5JV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ogden → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN01FA074

2 people died.

the flight instructor's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin. A contributing factor was the flight instructor's lack of familiarity with the airplane.

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On the day of the accident, the flight instructor, who had not previously flown the homebuilt, experimental airplane, flew the airplane twice, once with the previous owner and once with the current owner. They both reported that during their respective flights with the flight instructor, they flew to a practice area and performed slow flight and stalls at an altitude of approximately 2,500 feet agl. The flight instructor then flew with the commercial pilot receiving instruction to the practice area where radar data indicates that they were maneuvering at the time the airplane disappeared from radar. There were no witnesses to the accident. Examination of the accident site indicated the airplane impacted the ground in a near vertical descent. Examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of any pre-existing mechanical discrepancies that would have prevented normal operation. The airplane's designer recommended a maximum gross weight for aerobatic flight of 1,520 pounds and for normal flight of 1,600 pounds; the airplane's estimated total weight at the time of takeoff was 1,610 pounds.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.