# Accident 20250412007619A: Brady, TX, April 12, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2025, 19:20 local time
- Place: Brady, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1154° N, 99.3459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brady, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1154&lon=-99.3459&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 319 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250412007619A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 12, 2025, A QUICKSILVER MX II LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT (LSA) CRASHED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF CURTIS FIELD (BBA) IN BRADY, TEXAS.  THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE CRASH AND TRANSPORTED FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS EXAMINED, AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO STILL CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY TWO GALLONS OF FUEL, ALL CYLINDERS DEVELOPED COMPRESSION, INDUCTION AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS WERE UNOBSTRUCTED AND SPARK PLUGS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE PILOT’S NEIGHBOR WAS INTERVIEWED AND REPORTED A DUST DEVIL MOVING ACROSS HIS PROPERTY IN THE DIRECTION OF WHERE THE PILOT WAS FLYING.  HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS EVENT IS WHEN HE HEARD THE CRASH.  THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED ONCE HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.  HE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED SEVERAL TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  HE REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER HIS FINAL TAKE-OFF, THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A MASSIVE DOWN DRAFT THAT PUSHED HIM DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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