Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:17:27 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [63.150.227.63] (HELO admsmxs2usr10.ad.jocoks.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b5) with ESMTP id 145870 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:54:43 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [LML] Glasair Accident X-Original-Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:54:11 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <4B9B1B1833408C40AE2F14A881F276F602475095@admsmxs2usr10.ad.jocoks.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Glasair Accident Thread-Index: AcROMZ/F7A3S5pOVRyaE16p1bS1+6Q== From: "Metcalfe, Lee, AIR" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" While not a Lancair, I think we have enough in common with our Glasair cousins that can learn from their misfortunes... NTSB Identification: SEA04LA100 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Saturday, June 05, 2004 in Baker City, OR Aircraft: Gann Glasair II-S RG, registration: N711LN Injuries: 1 Fatal. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On Saturday, June 5, 2004, approximately 1740 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Gann Glasair II-S RG, N711LN, impacted the terrain about 40 miles southeast of Baker City, Oregon. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, received fatal injuries, and the aircraft, which was owned and operated by the pilot, was destroyed. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal pleasure flight, which departed Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon, at 1600, had reportedly entered instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prior to the accident. The pilot had filed and activated an IFR flight plan for the flight to Vance Brand Airport, Longmont, Colorado. There was no report of an ELT activation. According to the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Route Traffic Control (ARTC), shortly before the accident the pilot reported that he was in IMC, and the aircraft was picking up ice. The ARTC controller then heard the pilot transmit a Mayday call, followed by a transmission that sounded like the pilot saying that the aircraft was in a spin. Radar contact with the aircraft was lost at 1737, and the wreckage was located about five hours later.