# Accident 20240704021379A: Game Composites LLC GB1 GAMEBIRD, Palisades, ID, July 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2024, 17:22 local time
- Place: Palisades, ID
- Airport: Alpine
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1812° N, 111.0619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1812&lon=-111.0619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N786AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N786AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Game Composites GB1 GAMEBIRD (registry code 3731200, https://openairdocs.org/model/game-composites-gb1-gamebird) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A (registry code 42403, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-580-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GAME COMPOSITES LLC GB1 GAMEBIRD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-580-B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240704021379A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM THE ALPINE AIRPARK, WYOMING AIRPORT WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO ENTER AND PRACTICE AN AEROBATIC ROUTINE IN AN APPROVED TEMPORARY AEROBATIC PRACTICE AREA. BOTH AIRCRAFT PERFORMED THE ROUTINE WITH NO ISSUES. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT STAYED IN THE AEROBATIC PRACTICE AREA FOR A SOLO ROUTINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT LEFT THE AEROBATIC PRACTICE AREA AND THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT ENTERED TO START ITS SOLO ROUTINE PRACTICE. HE PERFORMED SEVERAL MANEUVERS WITH NO VISIBLE ISSUES WITNESSED. HE THEN CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 6500 FEET AND ENTERED INTO A LEFT-HAND FLAT SPIN. THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED 5 COMPLETE ROTATIONS BEFORE STARTING TO RECOVER FROM THE MANEUVER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SLIGHT RIGHT TURN PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBMERGED EXCEPT THE LEFT WINGTIP AND THE TOP OF THE VERTICAL TAIL. A BOAT WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE AIRCRAFT AND REMOVED THE PILOT FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE BOAT BROUGHT THE PILOT AS CLOSE AS THEY COULD TO SHORE AND THEN THEY OFFLOADED THE PILOT ONTO A PADDLEBOARD TO BRING HIM THE REST OF THE WAY TO SHORE WHERE CPR WAS STARTED.

## 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 WPR24FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA225), Jul 4, 2024: Game Composites GB1 Gamebird (N786AE), Irwin, ID, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to perform a spin maneuver at an altitude that was insufficient to complete a successful recovery and subsequent failure to properly arrest the spin, which resulted in a…

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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