Wilson Glastar accident near Henefer, UT
On July 30, 2001, a Wilson Glastar (airplane) was involved in an accident near Henefer, UT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 30, 2001
- Place
- Henefer, UT
- Aircraft
- Wilson Glastar · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.029°N, 111.387°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010807X01625
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 30, 2001, at 1242 mountain daylight time, a Wilson Glastar amateur built experimental airplane, N533WW, registered to and operated by the pilot, was destroyed when it impacted mountainous terrain during an uncontrolled descent 4 miles north of Henefer, Utah. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant aboard, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Rock Springs, Wyoming, at some time before 1153. The pilot was en route to his home airport in Grass Valley, California, after attending the AirVenture Fly-In at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He landed at Rock Springs to refuel. His next en route stop was Wendover, Utah. A transcript of radio communications and NTAP (National Track Analysis Program) radar data was made by the Salt Lake City Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). At 1153:00, when the airplane was 35 miles west of Rock Springs, the pilot contacted ARTCC and requested VFR (visual flight rules) flight following services. Radar contact was established. The airplane was at 12,800 feet msl (above mean sea level, confirmed by NTAP), but the pilot said he was "shooting for twelve five." At 1212:30, the pilot was handed off to another sector and he reported he was "someplace around twelve thousand, five hundred" (feet, confirmed by NTAP). Between 1225:55 and 1241:39, ARTCC gave the pilot traffic advisories, and at one point, the pilot remarked that he was at 13,300 feet (NTAP depicted the airplane at 13,000 f
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control for an undetermined reason.
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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.
