# NTSB WPR25LA230: Ballisodare Lancair Evolution, N505RF, Coeur d' Alene, ID, July 27, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: July 27, 2025, 10:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Coeur d' Alene, ID
- Coordinates: 47.778872, -116.80959 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7789&lon=-116.8096&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern base: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200658
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA230
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200658/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA230

## Preliminary report

On July 27, 2025, about 1010 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Lancair Evolution airplane, N505RF, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The pilot and two passengers sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported an uneventful takeoff and flew south to the north end of Coeur d’Alene Lake and then proceeded back towards the airport. During his turn to the base leg of the traffic pattern, he received a low oil pressure warning and then the engine lost all power. Unable to make it to the airport, the pilot made a forced landing on a road. The airplane then departed the left side of the road, the landing gear separated, and the airplane skidded before it came to rest. The occupants exited the airplane, and by the time they were at a safe distance, most of the airplane was consumed by postcrash fire. The airplane was recovered to a secure facility for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR pattern base: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Ballisodare LANCAIR EVOLUTION, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=05632QK), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N505RF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505RF), registered now, S/N EVO-0046, built 2013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALLISODARE LLC LANCAIR EVOLUTION
- Registry model: [Ballisodare LANCAIR EVOLUTION](https://openairdocs.org/model/ballisodare-lancair-evolution) (registry code 05632QK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-135](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-135) (registry code 52173, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: EVO-0046
- Year built: 2013
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Walsh Engineering Services Pc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport: COE, Coeur d' Alene Airport -Pappy Boyington Field, runway 20, 5,400 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: KCOE
- METAR: METAR KCOE 271656Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM FEW100 23/07 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159

## 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 20250727009019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250727009019A), Jul 27, 2025: Ballisodare LLC LANCAIR EVOLUTION, Hayden, ID, Destroyed. Pilot was working the LH pattern for rwy 20 at coe. On his their pattern, base leg, the engine lost power. Pilot landed airraft in a vacant field and evacuated…

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.

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