Walker Edgar E GLASTAR accident near Cascade, ID
On September 2, 2017, a Walker Edgar E GLASTAR (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cascade, ID. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 2, 2017
- Place
- Cascade, ID
- Aircraft
- Walker Edgar E GLASTAR · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.411°N, 115.677°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170902X55912
Official records · WPR17LA195
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 2, 2017, about 1030 mountain daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built GlaStar GS-1, N65EW, was destroyed when it impacted terrain while maneuvering above a wilderness area about 15 miles east-southeast of Cascade, Idaho. The private pilot was seriously injured, and the pilot-rated passenger was fatally injured. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed High Valley Swanson Airport (ID35), Cascade, Idaho, at an unknown time and was destined for Sulfur Creek Ranch Airport (ID74), Cascade, Idaho. According to the previous owner (referred to as the seller) of the airplane, he lived in Idaho and based the airplane at Nampa Municipal Airport (MAN), Nampa, Idaho. About 2 weeks before the accident, he sold the airplane to another individual (referred to as "the buyer") who lived in Georgia. Several days before the accident, the buyer notified the seller that he (the buyer) would have a friend of his (the pilot), who also lived in Georgia, come to Idaho to pick up the airplane and fly it back to Georgia. The day before the accident, the pilot met the seller at MAN to complete the transfer of the airplane. The seller offered to fly with the pilot in order to familiarize him with the airplane, but the seller said that he could only do that if he (the seller) could fly from the left seat, since the seller had never flown from the right seat. Alternatively, the seller offered to
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate flight planning, preparation, and navigation, which resulted in the airplane entering a canyon that the pilot was unable to exit by climbing the airplane. Also causal were his in-flight decision-making and his execution of the course reversal turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and terrain impact.
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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.
