Investigator In Charge (IIC): Swick, Andrew
The National Transportation Safety Board traveled to the scene of this accident.
Additional Participating Entities:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Sacramento, California
Rotax-Rotech Flight Safety
Location: Walter Springs, California
Accident Number: WPR22LA258
Date and Time: July 17, 2022, 08:10 Local
Registration: N258MH
Aircraft: EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT INC REVOLT
Injuries: 2 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
On July 17, 2022, about 0810 Pacific daylight time, an Evolution Revolt weight shift control (WSC) light sport airplane, commonly referred to as a “Trike,” N258MH, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Walter Springs, California. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
According to a family member, the pilot and passenger departed from Yolo County Airport (DWA), Davis, California, the morning of the accident. The pilot then performed a touch and go landing at Angwin Airport-Parrett Field (2O3), Angwin, California, and departed to the south to the area near the accident site. The family member added that he flew a similar flight with the pilot the week prior
without any problems and that they maintained a cruise altitude of about 1,500 ft above ground level during the flight.
Nearby residences reported a power outage about 0810 the morning of the accident. There were no witnesses to the accident sequence.
An examination of the accident site revealed that the airplane came to rest in a wooded valley at an elevation of 660 ft mean sea level (msl). A small fire ensued consuming some of the wreckage. Two hills adjacent to the accident site had a single power pole at each of their summits that supported three transmission lines between them. The transmission lines were severed, and the trike wreckage was
located about 310 ft north of the downed lines.
The wreckage was relocated to a secured facility for further examination.
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: EVOLUTION AIRCRAFT INC
Registration: N258MH
Model/Series: REVOLT
Aircraft Category: Weight-shift
Amateur Built:
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Operator Designator Code:
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: VMC
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: KVCB,104 ft msl
Observation Time: 07:53 Local
Distance from Accident Site: 27 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 23°C /12°C
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: / ,
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility: 10 miles
Altimeter Setting: 29.79 inches Hg
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Departure Point: Davis, CA (DWA)
Destination: Walter Springs, CA
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Passenger Injuries: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Fire: On-ground
Ground Injuries:
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 2 Fatal
Latitude, Longitude: 38.689458,-122.36447
Evolution Revolt trike crashed under unknown circumstances.
Date: 17-JUL-22
Time: 15:30:00Z
Regis#: N258MH
Aircraft Make: UNKNOWN
Aircraft Model: TRIKE
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 2
Flight Crew: 1
Pax: 1 Fatal
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: UNKNOWN
Flight Phase: UNKNOWN (UNK)
Operation: 91
City: NAPA
State: CALIFORNIA
Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation may contact them by email witness@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov. You can also call the NTSB Response Operations Center at 844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290.
Dreyson Wayne Hicks
9/30/1999 - 7/17/2022
Dreyson Wayne Hicks passed away on July 17th, 2022 after he was involved in a small plane accident in Napa County. Dreyson was born to parents Wayne Hicks and Tina Meyers on September 30th 1999 in Auburn, California. Drey, as he was affectionately known, attended EV Cain Middle School, Placer High School, and eventually graduated from Colfax High School in 2017. He was also a part of many teams in the Auburn Little League as well as Placer Junior Hillmen football. In the last few years of his life Drey found joy in working side by side with his father as a heavy equipment operator with Nordic Industries. Dreyson will always be remembered for his infectious smile, quick wit, goofy sense of humor and love of friends and family. Dreyson loved to be outdoors and spent his spare time riding motorcycles, snow boarding and fishing. Dreyson is survived by his father and step mother, Wayne and Asma Hicks of Rocklin, CA and mother and step father Tina and Bill Meyers of Lake Geneva, WI. He also leaves behind his brother and sister in law, Landon and Haley Hicks and brother Cameron Meyers. There will be a service/ celebration of life for Dreyson on Sunday July 24th at Rocklin Community Center- Springview Hall, 5460 5th St. in Rocklin at 2:00 PM.
Authorities have identified two Placer County residents who died aboard a small airplane that crashed in rural Napa County earlier this week.
Scott Killian, a 61-year-old Roseville resident, was piloting the plane when it went down near Pope Valley at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, the Napa County Coroner’s Office announced Thursday. Killian died at the scene along with his passenger, 22-year-old Dreyson Hicks of Rocklin.
The crash remains under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
Earlier, a NTSB spokesperson said the victims were aboard an Evolution Revolt Weight Shift Control Trike when it struck a power line while maneuvering. It was not immediately known where the plane had taken off or was intended to land.
The resulting crash started a vegetation fire that spread to more than an acre and took about two hours for Cal Fire crews to extinguish.
A website for Florida-based Evolution Aircraft Inc. describes the Revolt as a small, propeller-driven aircraft with two seats mounted front to back, a roll cage instead of bodywork, and a design geared for short takeoffs and landings at slow speeds no higher than 90 mph.
The NTSB is expected to release a preliminary report within three weeks of the crash, though a full investigation may last as long as two years.
Federal air safety authorities will investigate the crash of a small, lightweight airplane Sunday morning in rural Napa County, in which two people died.
Peter Knudson, spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board, confirmed the agency, along with the Federal Aviation Administration, will probe the fatal crash that occurred at about 8:30 a.m. near Berryessa Estates. The wreck also triggered a vegetation fire that spread to more than an acre before being extinguished about two hours later, according to Cal Fire.
The plane, an Evolution Revolt Weight Shift Control Trike, struck power lines while maneuvering, Knudson said Monday. It was not immediately known where the aircraft had taken off or was scheduled to land.
A preliminary report on the facts and circumstances of the crash is expected in two to three weeks, with a full investigation possibly lasting one to two years, according to Knudson.
Henry Wofford, spokesperson for the Napa County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed two deaths resulting from the crash. The victims’ names had not been released as of Monday afternoon, pending notification of relatives.
Remains of the plane were found within the perimeter of a vegetation fire that was reported to Cal Fire at about 8:30 a.m., according to spokesman Tyree Zander of the firefighting agency’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit. The flames spread to 1 to 2 acres before Cal Fire and Napa County Fire crews contained the fire by 10:27 a.m., authorities said.
A website for Evolution Aircraft Inc. of Zephyrhills, Florida, advertises the Revolt, an aircraft with a propeller engine, two seats mounted front to back, and a roll cage instead of conventional body panels. The machine is designed for “low and slow” flight and short takeoffs and landings, with a top speed of 90 mph, according to the site.
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