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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · FFF EXPRESS 2000 FT · Polk, OH · May 5, 2025

Date: May 5, 2025 · 19:39 local
Place: Polk, OH
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N519EA
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA25FA195
Reported as: FFF Express 2000 FT
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 622 total412 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N519EARegistered now · FFF EXPRESS 2000 FTS/N 0001 · Built 2017 Airframe modelFFF EXPRESS 2000 FT Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed airport in the vicintiy of known thunderstorms, lightening and hail. Pilot failed to aquire a weather breifing and/or file a flight plan prior to departaure. Pilot was not rated to fly in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Pilot was unable control the aircraft in the weather conditions resulting in a fatal crash.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED AIRPORT IN THE VICINTIY OF KNOWN THUNDERSTORMS, LIGHTENING AND HAIL. PILOT FAILED TO AQUIRE A WEATHER BREIFING AND/OR FILE A FLIGHT PLAN PRIOR TO DEPARTAURE. PILOT WAS NOT RATED TO FLY IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). PILOT WAS UNABLE CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT IN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS RESULTING IN A FATAL CRASH.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA25FA195Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldPreliminary reportPolk, OHOn May 5, 2025, about 1940 eastern daylight time, an experimental, amateur-built FFF LLC Express 2000 FT airplane, N519EA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Polk, Ohio. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated…May 5, 2025 · Substantial damage