# Accident 20250517018259A: Seamax Aircraft Ltda SEAMAX M-22, Dahlgren, VA, May 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2025, 15:10 local time
- Place: Dahlgren, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3329° N, 77.0370° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3329&lon=-77.0370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N154RL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N154RL-2026-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Seamax Aircraft Ltda SEAMAX M-22 (registry code 06001B0, https://openairdocs.org/model/seamax-aircraft-ltda-seamax-m-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SEAMAX AIRCRAFT LTDA SEAMAX M-22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,788 total, 44 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250517018259A

## Narrative

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

PIC HAD LANDED AND WATER TAXIED TO A LOCAL DOCK. PIC WAS PRESSURED BY INDIVIDUALS NOT TO DOCK AND TO DEPART. TWO ATTEMPTS AT TAKEOFF WERE UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO WINDS AND ROUGH WATER. PIC ACCEPTED A TAILWIND FACTOR FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT. AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF AND A LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED AT ABOUT 100FT AGL. APARENTLY THE LEFT WING STALLED AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED. THERE WAS A POST CRASH FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

PILOT WAS RESCUED FROM THE WRECKAGE AND PULLED FROM THE WATER BY LOCAL WATERMAN AND EMS. AIRMAN SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO MEDICAL FACILITY IN WASHINGTON D.C. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON LANDING. VISIBLE SIGNS ON AIRCRAFT ENGINE OF FIRE DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA25LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA203), May 17, 2025: Seamax Aircraft Ltda Seamax M-22 (N154RL), Dahlgren Center, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N154RL (1)

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

- [Incident 20210608006709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210608006709I), Jun 8, 2021: Seamax Aircraft Ltda SEAMAX M-22 (N154RL), Fernandina Beac, FL, Minor damage. Airman was in traffic pattern at fnb doing touch and goes and on the third circuit did not use checklist and landed gear up

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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