UPDATED: Officials identify pilot in fatal crash at Palisades Reservoir

[Winthrop]

So this was a little odd, I actually heard this from my house, but assumed it was someone firing a 40mm pyrotechnic.
Alpine Wyoming Air Crash Article

 

[Winthrop]

A little sad, I took this picture of the plane a few hours before the crash.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

More details at Aviation Safety Network. Appears from the video that he turned on the smoke then entered a spin shortly thereafter.

Accident Game Composites GB1 GameBird N786AE, Thursday 4 July 2024

A Game Composites GB1 GameBird airplane, N786AE, was substantially damaged when it crashed during an aerobatic maneuver into Palisades Reservoir near Irwin, Idaho. The sole pilot onboard ...

asn.flightsafety.org

 

[Jim Logajan]

Here's one guy's debrief on what he believes happened.

 

[Richard_Allred]

I heard about the accident the next morning from my instructor while we were flying.