EXCLUSIVE: Tim Sheehy is currently facing a lawsuit over a plane that crashed into the bedroom of a 17-year-old when he was receiving some high-risk training.
At the time of the accident, Sheehy was in the process of adding a multi-engine sea license to his list of certificates, according to his statement to the NTSB. That made the flight “instructional,” per the NTSB. James Wagner, the man who died upon impact, was the instructor for Sheehy’s additional certificate.
Per the report, Sheehy told investigators that “after takeoff, about 200 to 300 ft above ground level, the instructor reduced power on the left engine, and the engine subsequently lost all power.” Wagner took control of the plane and Sheehy said he started the “engine restart procedure” to no avail. The duo originally aimed to fall into a lake ahead of them, but they were unable to reach it, per Sheehy’s statement to the NTSB. The instructor tried to pivot to a lake to the left, but that was missed, too, before ultimately crashing into the house.
The report also noted that “the instructor’s decision to conduct a simulated engine failure at low altitude” contributed to the crash. Simulated engine failures are generally advised to be done at higher altitudes to give more leeway for recovery. In his response to the lawsuit, Sheehy also pointed to the instructor’s decision-making on the engine stall as part of his defense.Both the Ngalamulumes’ and Sheehy’s attorneys have submitted witness lists—a typical move for a pre-trial case.
The “airplane came to rest inside a house in a near-vertical, nose-down attitude” and landed inside the 17-year-old’s bedroom, per the NTSB report. According to a local report from the scene of the crash,
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