20250430004569A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Chris Wallen/Michael Pliske JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER · Brasstown, NC · April 30, 2025

Date
April 30, 2025 · 10:29 local
Place
Brasstown, NC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N788MP
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA196
Reported as
Chris Wallen/Michael Pliske Just Acft Highlander
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
19,050 total28 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

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.

April 30, 2025, pilot was operatingprivacy data omittedin the vicinity of privacy data omitted (grass strip area). Upon landing, pilot stated he had his feet on the wheel brakes causing the aircraft to flip over.

Pilot self evacuated and waited on emergency services to transport him to the hospital for injury evaluation.

See sas activity code EA68202502605

As the FAA filed it

APRIL 30, 2025, PILOT WAS OPERATING^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^IN THE VICINITY OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (GRASS STRIP AREA). UPON LANDING, PILOT STATED HE HAD HIS FEET ON THE WHEEL BRAKES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.

PILOT SELF EVACUATED AND WAITED ON EMERGENCY SERVICES TO TRANSPORT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR INJURY EVALUATION.

SEE SAS ACTIVITY CODE EA68202502605

NTSB investigation

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