Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Prineville Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Prineville, Oregon 97754
Sunday, September 8, 2013 11:30 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On September 8, 2013, about 1130 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Cantrell LW Challenger II SP airplane, N65VG, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain near the Prineville Airport (S39), near Prineville, Oregon. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The sport pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local personal flight which originated from S39 about 1100.
Witnesses located adjacent to the accident site reported observing the accident airplane fly near their location at a low altitude. The witnesses stated that the airplane oscillated upward and downward three times before it crossed over high tension power lines and descended nose down into terrain.
Examination of the accident site by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed that the airplane came to rest on its left side. The wing structure was separated and found just forward of the main wreckage. All major structural components of the airplane were located within about 20 feet of the main wreckage. The wreckage was transported to a secure location for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/8/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1130 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Prineville |
| Event State | OREGON |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 97754 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 441725N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1205316W |
| Event Location Airport | PRINEVILLE |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | S39 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 79 |
| Airport Elevation | 3251 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1856 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 259 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KRDM |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 3084 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 11 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| 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) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Variable |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Light and Variable |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.12 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KRDM 081856Z VRB06KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A3012 RM |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA AMN Regional Operations Ce |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 21 2013 6:11PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N65VG |
| NTSB Number | WPR13FA400 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CANTRELL LW |
| Aircraft Model | CHALLENGER II SP |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | CW1165 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| 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 | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Murray Allan Crowe |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Terrebone |
| Aircraft Owner State | OR |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 97760 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Murray Allan Crowe |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Terrebone |
| Operator State | OR |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 97760 |
| 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 | S39 |
| Departure City | Prineville |
| Departure State | OR |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1100 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | S39 |
| Destination City | Prineville |
| Destination State | OR |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 21 2013 6:11PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |