| Crash location | 49.644444°N, 117.938055°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Colville, WA
48.546569°N, 117.905537°W 75.9 miles away |
| Tail number | N169WP |
|---|---|
| Accident date | 16 Oct 2010 |
| Aircraft type | Deitz Avid Flyer MK4 |
| Additional details: | None |
The pilot was landing the airplane to the east at a private airport. The turf runway was 2,600 feet long and 75 feet wide. The pilot indicated that the wind was from the north, and during the landing approach, the airplane encountered a gust that blew the airplane to the southern edge of the runway. The right wing then impacted a tree and the airplane collided with the ground. The pilot had 126 hours total time, and 3 hours in the accident airplane make and model. No mechanical anomalies were reported.
The pilot's failure to compensate for a wind gust and maintain runway alignment during final approach to land, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree.