# Accident 20250712021412A: Game Composites LLC GB1 GAMEBIRD, Tarkio, MO, July 12, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2025, 09:40 local time
- Place: Tarkio, MO
- Airport: Gould Peterson Municipal Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4455° N, 95.3673° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4455&lon=-95.3673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N588AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N588AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Game Composites GB1 GAMEBIRD (registry code 3731200, https://openairdocs.org/model/game-composites-gb1-gamebird) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A (registry code 42403, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-580-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GAME COMPOSITES LLC GB1 GAMEBIRD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-580-B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,679 total, 310 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA250) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250712021412A

## Narrative

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

DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 36, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS ABOUT TO TOUCHDOWN WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHICH HAD ALREADY LANDED AND WAS ON ROLL OUT. AN AIRCRAFT ON FINAL BEHIND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE AN URGENT RADIO CALL FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO GO AROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED AN IMMEDIATE GO AROUND, DURING WHICH ITS RUDDER MADE CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE CONTACT RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR FAIRING AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO TO APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES OF THE LOWER AFT PORTION OF THE RUDDER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PROPELLER BLADES OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED DAMAGE REQUIRING PROPELLER REPLACEMENT. HOWEVER, OTHER THAN A MINOR SCUFF TO THE CANOPY OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE BY THE TIRE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THERE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY OTHER DAMAGE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N931KZ, Stahl Michael S RV-8: [Incident 20250712021422I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250712021422I)

## 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 CEN25LA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA250), Jul 12, 2025: Game Composites GB1 Gamebird (N588AF), Tarkio, MO, 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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