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Self taught pilot, steals and crashes C182 (allegedly)
Cessna 182 Found Crashed Near Granite Falls, Washington
State and federal authorities say a Cessna 182 stolen from a cattle farm in Boundary County, Idaho may be the work of a teenager believed to have taught himself to fly.
The possible suspect is Colton Harris-Moore, an 18-year-old serial burglar who escaped from a juvenile facility in April 2008. He has allegedly stolen aircraft twice before, according to police. The Seattle Times said one was a similar Cessna 182, taken from an Orcas Island, Washington, the other an unnamed experimental aircraft that Harris-Moore allegedly flew to Orcas Island. He reportedly made "hard landings" in both incidents.
The Spokane, Washington Spokesman-Review reports that, in this most recent incident, a construction crew reported seeing the 182 flying south or southwest early Tuesday morning last week. It went down in a clearing near Granite Falls, Washington, and was declared a total loss. The pilot apparently walked away. Authorities described the incident as "survivable."
Apparantly he taught himself to fly by buying flight manuals with stolen credit cards and using flight sim.
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