# Accident 20170902010529A: Walker Edgar E GLASTAR, September 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2017, 10:30 local time
- Airport: Deadwood Dam Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4111° N, 115.6775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4111&lon=-115.6775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65EW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65EW-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Walker Edgar E GLASTAR (registry code 056050T, https://openairdocs.org/model/walker-edgar-e-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WALKER EDGAR E GLASTAR
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 998 total, 2 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170902010529A

## Narrative

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

AT ABOUT 11:30 AM ON 09-01-2017 THE PILOT ARRIVED AT NAMPA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND RECEIVED SOME INSTRUCTION IN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT PERFORMED 7 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR. AT ABOUT 5:00 PM THE PILOT PUT FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT AND FLEW TO HIGH VALLEY IDAHO AND SPENT THE NIGHT WITH HIS COUSIN. IN THE MORNING OF 09-02-2017 THE PILOT PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT AND HIS COUSIN DEPARTED HIGH VALLEY HEADING TOWARD SULPHUR CREEK RANCH FOR BREAKFAST. THE PILOT STATED HE FLEW UP A BOX CANYON ABOUT 14 MILES SW OF SULPHUR CREEK RANCH. HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN RIGHT TO GET OUT OF THE CANYON BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT OUT CLIMB THE TERRAIN. THE RIGHT WING STALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED.

THE POINT OF DEPARTURE (HIGH VALLEY) IS AT 4883 MSL THE INTENDED POINT OF ARRIVAL (SULPHUR CREEK RANCH) IS AT 5835 MSL. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 7476 MSL. THE TERRAIN AROUND THE ACCIDENT SITE IS 7600 TO 7800 MSL. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT COULD CLIMB ONLY ABOUT 200 FPM. HE SAID THAT HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH FLYING A CITABRIA IN GEORGIA WHICH COULD HAVE CLIMBED OUT OF THAT BOX CANYON. THE PILOT DID NOT  HAVE ANY PREVIOUS MOUNTAIN FLYING EXPERIENCE.

## 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 WPR17LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA195), Sep 2, 2017: Walker Edgar E Glastar (N65EW), Cascade, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. 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…

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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