# Accident 20250630007699A: Faust 3, Harrison, MT, June 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2025, 18:00 local time
- Place: Harrison, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7013° N, 111.7030° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7013&lon=-111.7030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5901V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5901V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Faust 3 (registry code 05601JU, https://openairdocs.org/model/faust-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Warner SS165 series (registry code 64504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss165-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAUST 3
- Reported engine: WARNER SS165 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,924 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250630007699A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 LCL ON JUNE 30 2025

THE WATER WAS GLASS AND THE PILOT COULD NOT TELL HOW HIGH ABOVE THE WATER THEY WERE.  SO I CIRCLED TO COME IN ON FINAL CLOSE TO THE SHORE TO VALIDATE ALTITUDE.  AFTER SETTING UP LANDING ATTITUDE  WAITED UNTIL FLOATS TOUCHED AND THEN  REDUCED THE POWER.  THE BACK OF THE FLOATS TOUCHED, THEN THE FLOATS, AND THEN THE NOSE DIPPED.  THIS SEEMED LIKE A NORMAL LANDING SEQUENCE.  AIRSPEED GAUGED AT ABOUT 25 MPH AT TOUCHDOWN, THEN ABOUT 1 SECOND LATER, AIRCRAFT MADE AN ABRUPT RIGHT TURN, THE LEFT WING DIPPED, THEN AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO DIP.  WE NOTICED WATER COMING INTO THE CABIN AND DISPENSED OUR FLOATATION DEVICES AND SWAM ABOUT 150 YRDS TO SHORE.  AFTER DOING THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN METAL FATIGUE THAT CAUSED THE STRUT THAT HOLDS THE LEFT FLOAT TO SEPARATE FROM THE FLOAT CAUSING AN UNSTABLE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE DURING THE LANDING PHASE.  NTSB HAS REQUESTED FURTHER ANYALYSIS OF THAT COMPONENT THAT HOLDS THE FLOAT TO THE STRUT

## 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 WPR25LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA200), Jun 30, 2025: Faust 3 (N5901V), Harrison, MT, substantial damage, 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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