# Accident 20250630011419A: Kelliher Robert E LANCAIR IV, Alpine, WY, June 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2025, 11:11 local time
- Place: Alpine, WY
- Airport: Alpine
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1960° N, 111.0536° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1960&lon=-111.0536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124GH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124GH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kelliher Robert E LANCAIR IV (registry code 05628TJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/kelliher-robert-e-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KELLIHER ROBERT E LANCAIR IV
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 65 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250630011419A

## Narrative

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

WHILE LANDING AFTER PART 91 FLIGHT, PILOT TURNED FOR FINAL TO LAND AT ALPINE, WY, 46U. DURING THE TURN, AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE PALISADE RESERVOIR 3500 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 13. BOTH WINGS CRACKED IN HALF, LANDING GEAR DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AND CABIN DOOR WAS BLOWN OPEN. DAY VFR. ONE PILOT UNINJURED.

## 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 WPR25LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA201), Jun 30, 2025: Lancair IV (N124GH), Alpine, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of visual reference during the landing approach which resulted in a collision with water.

## Other reports on N124GH (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990508005039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990508005039A), May 8, 1999: Amtr LANCAIRIV (N124GH), Butte, MT, Substantial damage. Acft landed hard, and the landing gear and wings sustained damage. (.19) on may 8, 1999, about 1530 mountain daylight time, a Lancair iv, N124GH, registered to…
- [Incident 19981228042399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981228042399I), Dec 28, 1998: Amtr LANCAIRIV (N124GH), Butte, MT, Minor damage. (-5) On December 25, 1998, N124GH, a lancer iv, piloted by eugene Hughes, tried to extend the landing gear for landing. According to the pilot, the gear would…

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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