Thursday, May 29, 2025

Just JA30 SuperSTOL, N128EL, accident occurred on May 9, 2025, near Evanston, Wyoming

 This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

Aviation Accident Preliminary Report - National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel the scene of this accident.

Investigator In Charge (IIC): Swick, Andrew

Additional Participating Entities:

  • Bruce Hanson; FAA-FSDO; Casper, WY

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N128EL

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200143/pdf

  • Location: Evanston, WY 
  • Accident Number: WPR25LA154 
  • Date & Time: May 9, 2025, 10:20 Local
  • Registration: N128EL 
  • Aircraft: LEE AVIATION LLC JA30 SUPERSTOL 
  • Injuries: 2 None 
  • Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal 

On May 9, 2025, about 1020 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Just Aircraft Superstol, N128EL, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Evanston, Wyoming. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.


The pilot reported that shortly after departing runway 23 at the Evanston-Uinta County Burns Field (EVW), Evanston, Wyoming, and while in the crosswind leg of the traffic pattern about 250 ft above ground level, a puff of smoke came out from the top of the engine cowling followed by a total loss of engine power. The pilot advanced the throttle, pitched the nose down, and turned the airplane left towards runway 5. Subsequently, the pilot realized he was not going to make it to the runway and initiated a forced landing on a taxiway. The airplane landed hard and short of the taxiway on a hillside and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage.


The airplane was recovered to a secure location for further examination.

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