| Pilot Walter Scott Panchison United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol U.S. Government End of Watch: Friday, October 23, 1998 Biographical Info Age: 53 Tour of Duty: 21 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Date of Incident: Friday, October 23, 1998 Incident Location: Washington Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Pilot Panchison was killed when the Cessna 182 airplane he was piloting crashed in a rugged area on Sumas Mountain in Washington state, approximately 17 miles south of the Canadian border. Pilot Panchison, the only person on board the plane, was checking on a embedded motion sensor that had been tripped when the crash occurred. The canyon he was checking is a known drug and alien smuggling area. Pilot Panchison had been with the border patrol for 21 years and was a former Marine fighter pilot. |