# Accident 20250411013939A: Freeman Darcy L SABERWING, Justin, TX, April 11, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2025, 19:15 local time
- Place: Justin, TX
- Airport: Propwash
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0716° N, 97.3624° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0716&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Freeman Darcy L SABERWING (registry code 05638DZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/freeman-darcy-l-saberwing) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FREEMAN DARCY L SABERWING
- Reported engine: CORVAIR 120
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250411013939A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 11, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1915 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A SABERWING, EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, HAD AN OFF-FIELD ACCIDENT NEAR PROPWASH AIRPORT (16X). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND BANKED TO THE EAST APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 35, TO LINE UP FOR THE LANDING AT PROPWASH AIRPORT (16X). DURING THE BANK THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE LOST LIFT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AS INDICATED BY WITNESS STATEMENTS, WITNESS VIDEO, AND IMPACT MARKS ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS, AND THE PILOT LOGBOOKS WERE DESTROYED IN A POST-CRASH FIRE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

KAFW 122353 36003KT 10SM CLR 25/05 A3016

## 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 WPR25FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA127), Apr 12, 2025: Azalea Saberwing (N121DF), Justin, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N121DF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230120005329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230120005329I), Jan 20, 2023: Freeman Darcy L SABERWING (N121DF), Cottondale, TX, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he had departed propwash airport for bridgeport. He was cruising at 3,200 ft when his exhaust gas temperatures started climbing and pegged…

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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