# NTSB Accident WPR22FA169
> **BEARHAWK LSA** · 2022-04-30 · Kalispell, MT, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR22FA169
- **Event ID:** 20220430105021
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2022-04-30
- **Location:** Kalispell, MT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.285913, -114.40329
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BEARHAWK
- **Model:** LSA
- **Registration:** N1908A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

An excessive pitch control input for undetermined reasons while the airplane was operating above maneuvering speed, which led to a structural failure of the right wing during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the poor construction quality of the airplane and the inadvertent omission by the pilot/builder of a series of structural airframe components.

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