14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, July 23, 2012 in Tonasket, WA
Aircraft: JEFFKO ED & CLAIRE GLASAIR, registration: N743CA
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On July 23, 2012, an experimental amateur-built Jeffko Glasair, N743CA, did not arrive at its planned destination of Sequim Valley Airport, Sequim, Washington. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The certified flight instructor was presumed to have sustained fatal injuries. The cross-country flight departed Tonasket Municipal Airport, Tonasket, Washington, about 0830. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the departure airport, and no flight plan had been filed.
On July 23, at 1520, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an alert notice (ALNOT) for the missing airplane after family members reported that it had not arrived at its planed destination. A search and rescue mission was subsequently initiated by the Washington State Department of Transportation.
The search and rescue mission was called off at 1700 on July 29, after 100 sorties had been completed in the area of the Cascade Mountains, utilizing fixed wing and rotorcraft assets.
FAA records indicated that the airplane was issued its airworthiness certificate in October 2008.
Ed Jeffko (right) seen with photo of missing plane.
Search crews are scouring Washington's Cascade mountains, looking for a missing airplane.
The pilot, Ed Jeffko, was last seen on Monday, July 23 departing from Tonasket and heading for Sequim. The plane is home-built.
Searchers will fly the projected flight path Tuesday, looking for any signs of the plane. Searchers flew for six hours Monday, but nothing turned up.
A flight beacon has not been found.
Teams focused their search on the Cascade Mountains because weather was overcast on Monday, when the plane went missing.
Family members in Sequim notified authorities when the pilot did not arrive on Monday.
Washington State Department of Transportation, the Civil Air Patrol,
Washington Air Search and Rescue and Douglas County are coordinating the
search out of Wenatchee.
Anyone who thinks they may have seen the aircraft or Jeffko is asked to contact the search base at Missingaircraft@wsdot.wa.gov or 360-410-7757.
PHOTO: First Lt. Jim Bates (from left), Major Greg Carpenter, and Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Brittany Bates of the Civil Air Patrol out of Yakima help set up a communications center at Pangborn Memorial Airport Tuesday to search for a single-engine plane that went missing after taking off at 6:30 a.m. Monday from Tonasket. A satellite dish atop the state Department of Transportation's mobile headquarters, here for the search, is in the background.
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WENATCHEE, Wash. -- Search crews are scouring the Cascade Mountains from the air in an effort to locate a pilot missing in a home-built airplane.
The plane left Tonasket on Monday with just the pilot on board and was heading for Sequim to pick up a family member. However, family members called for help when the pilot didn't arrive as scheduled.
Searchers from the state Department of Transportation, the Civil Air Patrol and Washington Air Search and Rescue set up a search base at the Wenatchee Airport. Douglas County emergency officials are supporting aviation crews in Wenatchee.
WSDOT says four planes flew routes for six hours Monday night, starting in Sequim and heading to the Tonasket area, flying late into the night. Planes went up again early Tuesday and are continuing their to search routes the pilot may have taken.
While weather conditions were clear in Eastern Washington on Monday, there was a solid cloud cover in the Cascades. The DOT says clearer skies Tuesday will help in search efforts.
Officials have not located a flight plan or the plane’s emergency beacon.
The name of the pilot has not been released.
Searchers from the state Department of Transportation, the Civil Air Patrol and Washington Air Search and Rescue set up a search base at the Wenatchee Airport. Douglas County emergency officials are supporting aviation crews in Wenatchee.
WSDOT says four planes flew routes for six hours Monday night, starting in Sequim and heading to the Tonasket area, flying late into the night. Planes went up again early Tuesday and are continuing their to search routes the pilot may have taken.
While weather conditions were clear in Eastern Washington on Monday, there was a solid cloud cover in the Cascades. The DOT says clearer skies Tuesday will help in search efforts.
Officials have not located a flight plan or the plane’s emergency beacon.
The name of the pilot has not been released.
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EAST WENATCHEE — The search continues this afternoon for a
single-engine, home-made aircraft that disappeared after taking off from
Tonasket early Monday.
The pilot, who was the plane's sole passenger, took off at 6:30 a.m.
Monday from the Tonasket area aboard an experimental aircraft, the type
that enthusiasts build from kits. He never arrived at his destination in
Sequim. Officials have not yet released the pilot's name.
The state Department of Transportation, some 50 members of the Civil
Air Patrol and Washington Air Search and Rescue this morning set up a
search base at Pangborn Memorial Airport. Douglas County emergency
officials are supporting the crews at Pangborn.
According to a DOT news release, four planes flew search routes for
six hours Monday night, starting in Sequim and heading to the Tonasket
area.
Planes went up again early today from Pangborn and continue to search routes the pilot may have taken.
Officials have not located a flight plan, nor the plane’s emergency beacon, the news release said.
Source: http://www.wenatcheeworld.com
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