THE DTSB
Pending.
Key facts
- DateMay 9, 2025
- Local time7:50 AM
- LightDay
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightUnknown
- People on board1
- Fatalities1
- AirportU60
Accident Location
- City, State
- Big Creek, Idaho
- Airport ID
- U60
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N342H
- Make
- American Champion
- Model
- 7GCBC
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Sea
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Trautman, Michael Gerard
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Certification
- Unknown
- IFR rating
- Yes
- Medical
- 2nd Class Medical
- Flight school
- No
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Pilot error
- Yes
- Pilot incapacitation
- No
- People on board
- 1
- 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.
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