THE DTSB
Pending. Witnesses heard engine pop, then plane stalled and spun. Parachute was deployed but too late.
Key facts
- DateSeptember 4, 2025
- Local time2:20 PM
- LightDay
- WeatherUnknown
- Phase of flightTakeoff
- People on board1
- Fatalities1
- AirportKFRY
Accident Location
- City, State
- Fryeburg, Maine
- Airport ID
- KFRY
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N336SC
- Make
- CSA
- Model
- Sport Cruiser
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Land
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Schaffner, Walter Edgar
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Certification
- Private Pilot
- IFR rating
- No
- Medical
- Basic Med
- Flight school
- No
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- Unknown
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Pilot error
- Unknown
- Pilot incapacitation
- Unknown
- 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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