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Corporate Owned: 137,281
Marble Canyon Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Marble Canyon, Arizona 86036
Thursday, September 2, 2004 12:00 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The aircraft collided with desert terrain under unknown circumstances and the wreckage was spotted by a passing aircraft 2 days after the probable accident date. On the day of the accident, good visual meteorological conditions existed. Examination of ground scars and damage patterns in the wreckage suggests that the airplane collided with the level desert terrain in a nose low and approximately a wings level attitude. Although the wreckage location is consistent with the airplane being on a right base leg for runway 3 or an attempted 180-degree return to runway 21 maneuver; the investigation was unable to determine if the event occurred during initial climb or during landing approach to an airport located about 1 mile away. Earlier during the day, the pilot had landed at the airport. An entry was noted on the airport's sign-in sheet indicating that the pilot had been there for lunch. No witnesses recalled observing the pilot depart from the uncontrolled airport, and his takeoff time was estimated as being after noon. An examination of the airplane wreckage revealed two of the three propeller blades were fractured; the third blade appeared intact. Blade fragments were found in the ground at the initial point of impact (IPI). The distance from the IPI to the farthest piece of wreckage was about 65 feet, and the track was nearly perpendicular to the runway. No evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction was observed with the airframe or engine. Although evidence was found consistent with the crankshaft rotating during the impact sequence, no determination was made regarding whether the engine was developing power.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
an in-flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/2/2004 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1200 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | Marble Canyon |
| Event State | ARIZONA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 86036 |
| Event Date Year | 2004 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 364793N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1113935W |
| Event Location Airport | MARBLE CANYON |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | L41 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 204 |
| Airport Elevation | 3603 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1156 Mountain Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 41 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PGA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4313 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 13 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 33 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 360 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.93 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 18808 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 4 2004 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1215 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 20 2005 6:27AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | WP-FSDO Las Vegas, Nevada |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N912EE |
| NTSB Number | LAX04LA313 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Redgate |
| Aircraft Model | Europa Classic |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | A057 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | Yes |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Thomas C. Redgate |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Huntington Beach |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 92648 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | On File |
| Operator City | Huntington Beach |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 92648 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | LGB |
| Departure City | Marble Canyon |
| Departure State | AZ |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1200 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | U07 |
| Destination City | GLEN CANYON NAT |
| Destination State | UT |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Unknown |
| Report sent to ICAO? | Yes |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 6 2005 5:32PM |
| User who most recently changed record | COOS |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 03 |
| Runway Length | 3715 |
| Runway Width | 35 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |