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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Fred L Wellman CH 750 CRUZER · Medina, OH · June 5, 2025

Date
June 5, 2025 · 09:00 local
Place
Medina, OH
Airport
Medina Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N75FW
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA219
Reported as
Fred L Wellman CH 750 Cruzer
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
956 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The aircraft was newly built, second flight. Pilot watched a zenith video on factory method for takeoff. It was sugested to pull stick slightly aft of neutral and add partial power. Following the manufacturer suggestion, plane lifted off to slow and wing dropped (stalled), aircraft departed left side of runway and inpacted brush.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEWLY BUILT, SECOND FLIGHT. PILOT WATCHED A ZENITH VIDEO ON FACTORY METHOD FOR TAKEOFF. IT WAS SUGESTED TO PULL STICK SLIGHTLY AFT OF NEUTRAL AND ADD PARTIAL POWER. FOLLOWING THE MANUFACTURER SUGGESTION, PLANE LIFTED OFF TO SLOW AND WING DROPPED (STALLED), AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND INPACTED BRUSH.

NTSB investigation

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