One of those 8 -- perhaps it was the 9th -- crashed shortly after takeoff years ago off of KOJC in Olathe, KS. Unfortunately no one survived, and the aircraft took out a house, damaged another, and parts hit several cars.
I don't believe, based on the factual & probable reports from the NTSB, that the mod had anything to do with this accident. It seems like a typical accident from the stand point that 85% of accidents are pilot error. When you overload a plane, add some situational awareness (or perhaps lack thereof), and put the aircraft into a 2400'/min. descent at about 1200' AGL, you are bound for trouble.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id= ... 056&rpt=fahttp://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id= ... 056&rpt=fiIt seems that this bird may have been different than the others in that it had Lyc. turbine engines; whereas, the Eagle mod has the Pratts.
