Boeing A75L3 accident near Yacolt, WA
On September 6, 2024, a Boeing A75L3 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Yacolt, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 6, 2024
- Place
- Yacolt, WA
- Aircraft
- Boeing A75L3 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 45.783°N, 122.173°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240907195073
Official records · WPR24FA298
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 6, 2024, about 1259 Pacific daylight time, a Boeing A75L3 airplane, N53466, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Yacolt, Washington. The pilot was seriously injured and the passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he had no memory of the accident flight or the accident sequence. Two other pilots reported that the accident airplane was part of a group of three airplanes traveling together. The group departed Ed Carlson Memorial Field/South Lewis County Airport (TDO), Toledo, Washington, with an intended destination of Ken Jernstedt Airfield (4S2), Hood River, Oregon, and maintained loose trail with one another. Near Woodland, Washington, the accident pilot announced a previously undiscussed alternate route of flight to the group and instructed a turn to the east/southeast. One airplane turned with the accident airplane, and one airplane chose to maintain the originally planned, southerly course. The pilot of the airplane on the southerly course heard the pilot of the accident airplane state, “this is the cut we’re going to take” to the second airplane, then did not hear any subsequent communication from either of the other two pilots. The two airplanes on the alternate route of flight proceeded toward mountainous terrain and the accident pilot offered continued direction to the second airplane. As the airplanes approached a ridgeline in the rising terrain, the pilot of the second airplane realized that his airp
Probable cause
The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering at a low altitude in mountainous terrain in moderately high density altitude conditions, resulting in an 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.
