# Accident 20250315002909A: Textron Aviation Inc T240, Midland, VA, March 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2025, 14:49 local time
- Place: Midland, VA
- Airport: Warrenton/Fauquier
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5863° N, 77.7107° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5863&lon=-77.7107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N918BM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N918BM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron T240 (registry code 2073461, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-t240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC T240
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 802 total, 80 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250315002909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED WITH AIRSPEED HIGHER THAN NORMAL.  AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY PIVOTED LEFT 90 DEGREES TO A STOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA150), Mar 15, 2025: Textron T240 (N918BM), Midland, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and the nose landing gear collapsing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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