E T Meredith Iii CHRISTEN EAGLE II N33ET

Summary

On 9 June 1985 at about 16:25 local time, a E T Meredith Iii CHRISTEN EAGLE II registered N33ET was involved in an accident near Carlisle, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 June 1985 at 16:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Carlisle, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

41.5099, -93.4806

Aircraft

E T Meredith Iii CHRISTEN EAGLE II

Registration

N33ET

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Des Moines → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85FA124

1 person died.

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 AEROBATIC AIRPLANE HAD A TOTAL OF 23.6 FLIGHT HOURS AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT. THIS ACCIDENT PILOT HAD FLOWN 6.3 HOURS OF THAT TIME. THE AIRCRAFT LOG DID NOT INDICATE ANY SPIN PRACTICE BY THIS PILOT IN THIS AIRPLANE BUT DID INDICATE THREE FLIGHTS WITH SPINS BY ANOTHER PILOT. THIS ACCIDENT PRECEEDED BY 20 MINUTES OF LOW ALTITUDE, HIGH SPEED FLIGHT AND AEROBATICS. PILOT APPEARED TO HAVE INITIATED A RIGHT SPIN AT 500 TO 1200 FEET AGL. SPIN CONTINUED TO IMPACT. ALTIMETER HAD NOT BEEN SET TO ZERO ALTITUDE BEFORE TAKEOFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.