# NTSB Accident WPR17FA185
> **Rich Wheeler Express CT** · 2017-08-19 · Madras, OR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR17FA185
- **Event ID:** 20170819X04607
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-08-19
- **Location:** Madras, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.643054, -121.164443
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Rich
- **Model:** Wheeler Express CT
- **Registration:** N246TM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the airport traffic pattern for landing, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, a subsequent aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low to recover.

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