# Accident 20250505005579A: Fff LLC EXPRESS 2000 FT, Polk, OH, May 5, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2025, 19:39 local time
- Place: Polk, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9364° N, 82.1977° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9364&lon=-82.1977&mi=10
- Aircraft: N519EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N519EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: FFF EXPRESS 2000 FT (registry code 05635HQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/fff-express-2000-ft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FFF LLC EXPRESS 2000 FT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 622 total, 412 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250505005579A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA25FA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA195), May 5, 2025: FFF Express 2000 FT (N519EA), Polk, OH, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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