# NTSB WPR26LA046: Michael W Verzwyvelt SS-7 Super Sport, N14PM, Boise, ID, November 9, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: November 8, 2025, 18:41 local (Nov 9, 2025, 01:41 UTC)
- Place: Boise, ID
- Coordinates: 43.573361, -116.24569
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5734&lon=-116.2457&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 2026
- 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): 202017
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202017/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA046

## Probable cause

The pilot’s operation of the airplane while intoxicated, resulting in its impact with obstacles while on approach.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Impairment/incapacitation: alcohol](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012015): Personnel issues › Physical · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Michael W Verzwyvelt SS-7 SUPER SPORT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012015/cases.md?model=05640XP), [All aircraft, 87 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012015/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Michael W Verzwyvelt SS-7 SUPER SPORT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md?model=05640XP), [All aircraft, 1,310 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Michael W Verzwyvelt SS-7 SUPER SPORT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=05640XP), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [Michael W Verzwyvelt SS-7 SUPER SPORT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=05640XP), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)
- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Michael W Verzwyvelt SS-7 SUPER SPORT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05640XP), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

Law enforcement officers reported that they responded to the scene of an airplane accident that had taken place in an intersection about 2,500 ft northwest of the airport. Video captured by a vehicle dash camera showed the accident airplane impacted a traffic light before it came to rest in the roadway. As a result, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage, and both occupants received minor injuries. According to a report provided by the law enforcement officers, the pilot showed several signs of alcoholic impairment immediately after the accident. The pilot was unable to complete field sobriety exercises, and two breath samples provided by the pilot returned results of .21 and .17 breath alcohol content. According to the pilot, he did not remember the accident flight but indicated there were no mechanical failures or defects that would have precluded normal operation prior to impact.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14PM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14PM), registered now, S/N KA17009342, built 2017 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MICHAEL W VERZWYVELT SS-7 SUPER SPORT
- Registry model: [Michael W Verzwyvelt SS-7 SUPER SPORT](https://openairdocs.org/model/michael-w-verzwyvelt-ss-7-super-sport) (registry code 05640XP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912 IS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (registry code 55593, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: KA17009342
- Year built: 2017
- Airframe hours: 210
- Engines: Rotax 912is 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: U98, Idaho City, ID
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: BOI, Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, runway 10L, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 3, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 608.8 total, 210 in this make and model, 608.1 as pilot in command, 41.7 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.33 inHg
- Observed at: KBOI
- METAR: METAR KBOI 090053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/M03 A3033 RMK AO2 SLP277 T01061028

## 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 20251108020249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251108020249A), Nov 8, 2025: Michael W Verzwyvelt SS-7 SUPER SPORT, Boise, ID, Substantial damage. On the evening of 11/08/2025 an amateur built kit fox SS-7 super sport departed from Idaho city (U98), Idaho to Boise airport (boi). ATC communication was…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 13, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202017. 95.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 6.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19741995&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=1.%206120%20Flattened_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Dash camera video (item 2, MP4, 87.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19959570&FileExtension=mp4&FileName=1.%20Dashcam%20Video%20N14PM-Rel.mp4
- Memorandum of record- boise pd report (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 116 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19741744&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=1.%20MoR-%20Boise%20PD_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 4, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19655814&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6.%20Investigation%20Photographs-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.

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