09/14/2004 11:03:28 AM
Here is the preliminary NTSB report. Not many additional detail over
initial
news reports
NTSB Identification: LAX04LA313
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, September 02, 2004 in Marble Canyon, AZ
Aircraft: Redgate Europa Classic, registration: N912EE
Injuries: 2 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors.
Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been
completed.
On September 2, 2004, at an undetermined time after approximately 1200
mountain standard time, a Redgate, Europa Classic, N912EE, impacted terrain
about 1 mile south-southwest of the uncontrolled Marble Canyon Airport,
Marble Canyon, Arizona. The airplane was destroyed. The private pilot and
passenger were fatally injured. The pilot was the owner and builder of the
experimental category airplane. The pilot was operating the airplane as a
personal flight under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. Undetermined
meteorological conditions prevailed in the vicinity of the accident site.
The Federal Aviation Administration continues to search for evidence of a
flight plan and radio communications with the accident pilot. The flight
may have originated from Long Beach, California, at an undetermined time
after 0900.
According to personnel from the Coconino County, Arizona, Sheriff's Office,
at 1056 on September 4, a pilot who was flying reported observing the
downed airplane. Thereafter, deputies proceeded to the accident location,
and observed the fragmented wreckage on near level, open desert terrain.
There was no evidence of fire.
Initially, the sheriff's office received information that the airplane may
have departed from Long Beach on September 3, between 0900 and 1200. The
intended destination was the uncontrolled Bullfrog Basin Airport, in the
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah. Subsequently, additional
information received from acquaintances of the pilot indicated that the
flight likely originated from Long Beach the previous day, on September 2.
Coconino County Sheriff's personnel also reported to the National
Transportation Safety Board investigator that they observed the airplane in
an estimated 45-degree nose down attitude, and two of the three propeller
blades were fragmented. The ground swath, over which they observed wreckage
and a ground scar, covered an approximately 25-yard long path. It was
oriented in a north-northwesterly direction toward the Marble Canyon
Airport. They found neither occupant wearing a seat belt.
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