Cub Crafters PA18 accident near Basin, WY
On December 7, 2016, a Cub Crafters PA18 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Basin, WY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 7, 2016
- Place
- Basin, WY
- Aircraft
- Cub Crafters PA18 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.322°N, 108.336°W
- NTSB ID
- 20161207X91325
Official records · CEN17FA050
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn December 7, 2016, about 1015 mountain standard time, a Cub Crafters PA18-150 airplane, N444GB, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while maneuvering 15 miles southeast of Basin, Wyoming. The commercial-rated pilot was fatally injured, and the commercial pilot-rated crewmember was seriously injured. The airplane was registered to the Wyoming Wool Growers Association and operated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight plan was filed for the flight. The animal damage management flight departed Worland Municipal Airport (WRL), Worland, Wyoming, about 0800. According to the USDA APHIS Wildlife Services ground crew that worked with the flight, the airplane arrived in the area around 0820 for animal damage management. The ground crew members were positioned west, north, and east of the area where the airplane was operating. Ground crew members had occasional visual contact with the airplane, radio communications with the pilot and crewmember, and they could hear the engine of the airplane operating until about 1000. One ground crew member reported hearing several passes consistent with a mitigation aspect of the flight. These passes were heard just prior to 1000. About 1015, the ground crew attempted to contact the pilot and/or crewmember via radio to change the area of focus, but they did not receive a response. The ground crew tried multiple locations and means to make contact without
Probable cause
The pilot exceeded the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with terrain.
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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.
