20250119001179A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Montaer Ltda MONTAER MC01 · Pembroke Pines, FL · January 19, 2025

Date
January 19, 2025 · 13:00 local
Place
Pembroke Pines, FL
Airport
North Perry Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N916VS
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA098
Reported as
Montaer Ltda Montaer MC01
Reported engine
ROTAX 916 IS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
945 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On January 19, 2025, Montaer Ltda, privacy data omitted serial number 059, around 1400 depart hwo runway 28L heading to the Bahamas. During take-off aircraft loss engine power and impacted right main landing gear first ripping it off fuselage. Then the right-wing tip impacted the ground going forward with prop into the ground tearing off two prop blades and then flipping aircraft upside down. Pilot on board had minor injuries, scratches on head and face. He went to the hospital for a few hours and got checked out on same day. Aircraft destroyed on impact with ground.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 19, 2025, MONTAER LTDA, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SERIAL NUMBER 059, AROUND 1400 DEPART HWO RUNWAY 28L HEADING TO THE BAHAMAS. DURING TAKE-OFF AIRCRAFT LOSS ENGINE POWER AND IMPACTED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FIRST RIPPING IT OFF FUSELAGE. THEN THE RIGHT-WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND GOING FORWARD WITH PROP INTO THE GROUND TEARING OFF TWO PROP BLADES AND THEN FLIPPING AIRCRAFT UPSIDE DOWN. PILOT ON BOARD HAD MINOR INJURIES, SCRATCHES ON HEAD AND FACE. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A FEW HOURS AND GOT CHECKED OUT ON SAME DAY. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.