Baggarley GLASAIR II-FT N31066

Summary

On 20 July 1998 at about 21:24 local time, a Baggarley GLASAIR II-FT registered N31066 was involved in an accident near Vernonia, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 July 1998 at 21:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Vernonia, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

45.8802, -123.2307

Aircraft

Baggarley GLASAIR II-FT

Registration

N31066

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tillamook → Kelso

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA98LA145

1 person died.

A loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed about 1030 on a 57-nautical-mile visual flight rules (VFR) flight, and failed to arrive at his destination. The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered about 1424 by a private landowner approximately 37 nautical miles from the departure airport, generally on the direct route from the departure point to the destination. The pilot was dead at the scene. The aircraft had impacted into a tree farm at approximately a 20- to 40-degree impact angle on a southeasterly track (the direct route from the departure point to the destination is northeasterly), and its nose section had separated during the impact sequence. Examinations of the wreckage disclosed no conclusive evidence of pre-impact mechanical problems with the aircraft. Autopsy of the pilot, who held a valid and current FAA third-class medical certificate, disclosed arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease as a contributing cause of death, with focal severe (greater than 90% occlusion) left anterior descending coronary artery atherosclerosis. It could not be conclusively established that the pilot had become incapacitated inflight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.