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Pilot killed in crash on Warm Springs Reservation was incapacitated, federal investigators say - but why is unknown
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Planes Crash More Often Than You Think - The Corvallis Advocate
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Preliminary Reports
Pilot of Crashed Citation Lacked Type Rating
Cessna 560 Citation V, Jan. 9, 2021, 14 miles southeast of Pine Grove, Oregon – The pilot of the Cessna Citation that crashed into the Mutton Mountains on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation did not hold a type rating for the accident airplane, though he was rated for the Learjet and the Grumman G-111 Albatross. Historical flight data and statements from acquaintances suggest that the accident took place on his first solo flight in the Citation. He was killed after the airplane spiraled down in a one-mile radius right turn from FL310 to the accident site at an elevation of 3,600 feet, a descent that took some eight minutes. The owner of a training facility in Arizona told investigators that while the private pilot had taken a Cessna 560 transition course in late 2020, he “had not performed to a level sufficient to be issued a type rating or single-pilot exemption.”
NTSB: Portland pilot killed in Warm Springs jet crash was not certified to fly plane
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Portland man who died in January plane crash was not certified to fly the aircraft OregonLive.com 2/5/2021 © The Oregonian/OregonLive/oregonlive.com/TNS Breaking news from The Oregonian/OregonLive
The Portland man who was flying a Cessna Citation 560 that crashed into the Mutton Mountain Range on Warm Springs land in early January was likely flying the plane alone for the first time and was not certified to fly that type of aircraft, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The preliminary report was released Thursday and is subject to change.
The pilot of the flight that left Troutdale en route to Boise Jan. 9 was identified last month as Richard Boehlke, 72, of Portland, by the Warm Springs Police Department. Early reports indicated there was also a passenger on board but authorities determined Boehlke was alone when the plane went down.