# Accident 20250515005459A: Grumman TBM-3, Terre Haute, IN, May 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2025, 13:59 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Terre Haute Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4603° N, 87.2958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4603&lon=-87.2958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N420GP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman TBM-3 (registry code 3950308, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-tbm-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-2600 series (registry code 67050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-2600-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN TBM-3
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R-2600 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,483 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250515005459A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 15, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:59 EDT, A GRUMMAN TBM-3 AVENGER, LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT THE TERRE HAUTE REGIONAL AIRPORT (HUF), INDIANA. THE AIRCARFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT ENCOUNTERED A DITCH AND IMPACTED THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE LOSS OF POWER IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS POINT. A MECHANICAL INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED IF FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## 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 CEN25LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA181), May 15, 2025: Grumman TBM-3 (N420GP), Terre Haute, IN, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N420GP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060730026731A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060730026731A), Jul 30, 2006: Grumav TBM3AIRTRD (N420GP), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. (-23) On 30 July 2006 at Oshkosh, WI (osh) TBM-3, N420GP, piloted by [privacy data omitted] redlich, taxied inadvertently into the aft portion of a RV-6,…

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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