# NTSB WPR25LA229: Lake Tahoe Properties CA 8, N66LT, Davenport, WA, July 28, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 27, 2025, 20:00 local (Jul 28, 2025, 03:00 UTC) - Place: Davenport, WA · airport environment - Coordinates: 47.65206, -118.17377 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6521&lon=-118.1738&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 11, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 200657 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA229 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200657/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200657 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA229 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Lake Tahoe Properties CA 8, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05622P1), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Lake Tahoe Properties CA 8, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=05622P1), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Lake Tahoe Properties CA 8, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=05622P1), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Lake Tahoe Properties CA 8, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=05622P1), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Lake Tahoe Properties CA 8, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=05622P1), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that upon touchdown the airplane bounced twice. As the airplane slowed, the pilot applied the brakes, and the airplane veered to the right. He corrected with hard left rudder; however, the airplane then veered to the left and exited the runway surface. Subsequently, the airplane ground looped, and the left wing struck the ground, which resulted in substantial damage to the left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing on runway 24 with wind from 240° at 11 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N66LT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66LT), registered now, S/N 008233 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: LAKE TAHOE PROPERTIES INC CA 8 - Registry model: [Lake Tahoe Properties CA 8](https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-tahoe-properties-ca-8) (registry code 05622P1) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Walter 601E](https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-601e) (registry code 64012, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 008233 - Year built: 2007 - Airframe hours: 134 - Engines: Walter 601 D 750 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, April 10, 2025, 20 hours before - Departed: MAN, Nampa, ID - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 68S, Davenport, runway 24, 3,260 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 21, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 493 total, 19 in this make and model, 416 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 240° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: KGEG, 26 nm away - METAR: KGEG 280253Z 24011KT 10SM FEW070 FEW120 FEW200 28/03 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP129 VIRGA T02780028 53002 $ ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250727010339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250727010339A), Jul 27, 2025: Lake Tahoe Properties Inc CA-8, Davenport, WA, Substantial damage. Upon landing touchdown aircraft "bounced" twice, pilot stated "as is common for this aircraft". On landing roll out, the pilot added right rudder to correct… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200657. 2.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19366648&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 961 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19366658&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20array-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.