# Accident 20250518005609A: Excalibur Aircraft EXCALIBUR, Mountain View, MO, May 18, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2025, 14:20 local time
- Place: Mountain View, MO
- Airport: Mountain View
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9928° N, 91.7145° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9928&lon=-91.7145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4831A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4831A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Excalibur EXCALIBUR (registry code 05902ZN, https://openairdocs.org/model/excalibur-excalibur) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503ULDCDI (registry code 55568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503uldcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXCALIBUR AIRCRAFT EXCALIBUR
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503ULDCDI
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250518005609A

## Narrative

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

AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT WITH ONE PASSENGER WAS FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 AGL. A LARGE BIRD STRUCK THE RH MLG, CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE DECENT WHERE HE SAFELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A GRASSY AREA.

## 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 CEN25LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA180), May 18, 2025: Excalibur Excalibur (N4831A), Mountain View Airport, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird while enroute.

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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