THE DTSB
Pending.
Key facts
- DateMay 17, 2025
- Local time11:35 AM
- LightDay
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightUnknown
- People on board2
- Fatalities1
Accident Location
- City, State
- Prineville, Oregon
- Latitude
- 44.299722
- Longitude
- -120.906111
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N163AK
- Make
- Aerokopter
- Model
- AK 1-3
- Category / Class
- Helicopter
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Certification
- Unknown
- IFR rating
- Unknown
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight school
- Unknown
- Instructional flight
- Yes
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Pilot error
- Unknown
- Pilot incapacitation
- Unknown
- People on board
- 2
- PIC fatality
- 1
- Total fatalities
- 1
- NTSB travel
- Unknown
- AQP category
- UNKNOWN →
Probable Cause
NTSB
None yet (final report not yet published).
Recommendation
THE DTSB
Pending.
NTSB
None issued. NTSB recommendations are rare and usually tied to high-profile accidents.
See the NTSB Recommendation Tracker →