Christian EAGLE II N81DG

Summary

On 5 July 1987 at about 23:08 local time, a Christian EAGLE II registered N81DG, operated by David Grundfest, was involved in an accident near Snowmass, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 July 1987 at 23:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Snowmass, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

39.3291, -106.9801

Aircraft

Christian EAGLE II

Registration

N81DG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

David Grundfest

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aspen → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA170

2 people 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 ATP PLT AND HIS PASSENGER DEPARTED ASPEN, CO ON A LOCAL ACROBATIC FLIGHT. WITNESSES STATED THE PLT HAD BEEN PERFORMING ACROBATIC MANUEVERS AND WAS ATTEMPTING A 'LOOP' WHEN THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO 'STALL' AT THE TOP OF THE MANUEVER, APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT SPIN IN A NEAR VERTICAL, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE WHICH CONTINUED UNTIL GRD IMPACT. NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT STRUCTURE, ENG OR PROP WAS FOUND. THE PLT HAD BUILT N81DG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.