# Accident 20050326003629A: Amtr CHALLENGERII, La Grande, OR, March 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2005, 14:05 local time
- Place: La Grande, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2250° N, 118.0353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2250&lon=-118.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4018G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4018G-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hoover Todd CHALLENGER II STD (registry code 05614B1, https://openairdocs.org/model/hoover-todd-challenger-ii-std) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax SEE BOMBADIER (registry code 55555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHALLENGERII
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050326003629A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON THE 26 OF MARCH 2005 A CHALLENGER II AMATUER BUILT AIRCRAFT, N40186, WAS ON A FLIGHT LEG FROM CALDWELL, ID TO WALAWALA, WA. AT APPROX 1410 THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN BY AN UNKNOWN DRIVER GOING NORTH ON 184 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CANYON NEAR MILE MARKER 270. THE PLANE WAS OBSERVED MAKING A TURN TO THE WEST. THE CAR THEN WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL THE CAR WENT AROUND THE BEND AND THEN THE DRIVER NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA05LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA067), Mar 26, 2005: Hoover Challenger II STD (N4018G), La Grande, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's VFR flight into IMC and his failure to maintain clearance with terrain during cruise flight. Factors were the existing weather conditions that included low ceilings, snow, obscuration,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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