THE DTSB
Pending. Second class medical dated 5/2020
Key facts
- DateSeptember 1, 2025
- Local time5:00 PM
- LightDay
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightManeuvering
- People on board4
- Fatalities1
Accident Location
- City, State
- Dayton, Wyoming
- Latitude
- 44.768889
- Longitude
- -107.206944
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N8307W
- Make
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-180
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Land
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Palmer, Earl S.
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Certification
- Commercial Pilot
- IFR rating
- Yes
- Medical
- None
- Flight school
- No
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Pilot error
- Yes
- Pilot incapacitation
- No
- People on board
- 4
- Passenger fatalities
- 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.
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