- Date
- March 16, 2024, 12:09 local (19:09 UTC)
- Place
- Asotin, WA · Wreckage in water
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N295PKitfox S7 Super Sport
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20240316003569A
- Case key
- 193956
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from powerlines during low altitude flying.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while maneuvering in a canyon over a river, the airplane collided with an unmarked powerline. Subsequently, the airplane impacted the water and both occupants exited before the airplane sank. The airplane was not recovered from the river and was presumed substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N295P
- Reported as
- Kitfox S7 Super Sport
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- KA19305429
- Built
- 2023
- Airframe hours
- 98
- Engine
- Rotax 916iS, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- 295p LLC
- Registered owner
- 295p LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- LWS · Lewiston, ID
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Satellite tracking device, Electronic primary flight display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 23, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 704 total · 704 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.16 inHg
- Observed at
- KLWS, 17 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KLWS 161856Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 12/03 A3016
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 31, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.