Baggarley GLASAIR II-FT accident near Vernonia, OR
On July 20, 1998, a Baggarley GLASAIR II-FT (airplane) was involved in an accident near Vernonia, OR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 20, 1998
- Place
- Vernonia, OR
- Aircraft
- Baggarley GLASAIR II-FT · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 45.880°N, 123.231°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10725
NTSB summary
On July 20, 1998, approximately 1030 Pacific daylight time, a Baggarley Glasair II-FT experimental-category airplane, N31066, departed Tillamook, Oregon for Kelso, Washington, 57 nautical miles northeast of Tillamook. The private pilot-in-command, who owned and had built the airplane and was its sole occupant, did not file a flight plan for the 14 CFR 91 personal flight. The airplane failed to arrive at its destination. The automated flight service station (AFSS) at McMinnville, Oregon was notified at 1444 that the airplane was overdue, and an Alert Notice (ALNOT) was issued on the missing aircraft. At 1424, an individual in Vernonia, Oregon (37 nautical miles northeast of Tillamook, approximately on the direct line from Tillamook to Kelso) made an emergency call to local authorities and reported that she had found airplane wreckage on her property approximately 1 mile northeast of the town of Vernonia. The substantially damaged airplane wreckage was subsequently determined to be that of N31066, and the pilot was found to be dead at the scene. Two nearby weather reporting stations (Hillsboro, Oregon and Kelso) reported visual meteorological conditions during the entire time frame between the flight's departure from Tillamook and the location and identification of the aircraft wreckage. The accident site was on a tree farm, with trees in the area varying in height from 3 feet to over 200 feet. According to the Columbia County, Oregon, sheriff's report of the incident, the wreckage path began with a broken treetop at an estimated height of 90 to 100 feet and a scar on a secon
Probable cause
A loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
