# Accident 20250504004759A: T Bird T1, Dallas Center, IA, May 4, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2025, 19:13 local time
- Place: Dallas Center, IA
- Airport: Husband Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6794° N, 94.0202° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6794&lon=-94.0202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7192M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7192M-2025-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: T Bird T1 (registry code 05902XL, https://openairdocs.org/model/t-bird-t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 series (registry code 55564, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: T BIRD T1
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250504004759A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN25LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA172), May 5, 2025: Golden Circle Air T-Bird (N7192M), Dallas Center, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate roll control of the light sport airplane while on final approach to the airstrip with a crosswind.

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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