20250504004759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · T Bird T1 · Dallas Center, IA · May 4, 2025

Date
May 4, 2025 · 19:13 local
Place
Dallas Center, IA
Airport
Husband Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7192M
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA172
Reported as
T Bird T1
Reported engine
ROTAX 503 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total1 in this make and model1 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.

During initial approach to land the left wing tip impacted the ground causing the aircraft to cartwheel uncontrollably, coming to rest in a corn field.

As the FAA filed it

DURING INITIAL APPROACH TO LAND THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CARTWHEEL UNCONTROLLABLY, COMING TO REST IN A CORN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

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