Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Council Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Council, Idaho 83612
Friday, October 3, 2014 13:30 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On October 3, 2014, about 1330 mountain daylight time (MDT), an experimental Thomas Gaston, Thunder Mustang, N51TG, crashed during approach to landing at Council, Idaho. The owner/pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The airline transport pilot was the sole occupant, and sustained fatal injuries; the airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The local personal flight departed Council at an undetermined time. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
Witnesses reported that the pilot radioed that he was having engine oil pressure issues and was returning to the airport.
The airplane impacted terrain about 1,945 feet northwest of runway 17 at Council municipal airport. The debris path was on a heading of 318 degrees, and about 60 feet in length. The airplane wreckage was contained in a small area. Investigators who responded to the accident site indicated that the accident appeared to be a low angle of attack and low energy, with the first impact point being the left elevator and left main landing gear.
The airplane was recovered for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/3/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1330 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | Council |
| Event State | IDAHO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 83612 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 444536N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1162653W |
| Event Location Airport | COUNCIL MUNI |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | U82 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 9 |
| Airport Elevation | 2963 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1951 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 62 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KMYL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 5020 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 17 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 14 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 230 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 4 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.4 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KMYL 031951Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 14/M01 A3 |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA NWM Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 7 2014 12:51PM |
| User who most recently changed record | jonp |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N51TG |
| NTSB Number | WPR15LA001 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | GASTON THOMAS D |
| Aircraft Model | THUNDER MUSTANG |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | NO SERIES |
| Aircraft Serial Number | EITM027 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | Yes |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | GASTON THOMAS D |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | COUNCIL |
| Aircraft Owner State | ID |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 836125038 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | GASTON THOMAS D |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | COUNCIL |
| Operator State | ID |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 836125038 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | U82 |
| Departure City | Council |
| Departure State | ID |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | -- |
| Destination City | -- |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 10 2014 4:32PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |