Ballisodare LANCAIR EVOLUTION N505RF

Summary

On 27 July 2025 at about 17:10 local time, a Ballisodare LANCAIR EVOLUTION registered N505RF was involved in an accident near Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

27 July 2025 at 17:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Coeur d' Alene Airport -Pappy (COE)

Coordinates

47.7789, -116.8096

Aircraft

Ballisodare LANCAIR EVOLUTION

Registration

N505RF

Category

Airplane

Year built

2013

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR25LA230

3 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 27, 2025, about 1010 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Lancair Evolution airplane, N505RF, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The pilot and two passengers sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported an uneventful takeoff and flew south to the north end of Coeur d’Alene Lake and then proceeded back towards the airport. During his turn to the base leg of the traffic pattern, he received a low oil pressure warning and then the engine lost all power. Unable to make it to the airport, the pilot made a forced landing on a road. The airplane then departed the left side of the road, the landing gear separated, and the airplane skidded before it came to rest. The occupants exited the airplane, and by the time they were at a safe distance, most of the airplane was consumed by postcrash fire. The airplane was recovered to a secure facility for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.