# Accident 20250721010949A: Kevin L Lawrence VANS ACFT RV-14A, Lowell, MI, July 21, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2025, 16:29 local time
- Place: Lowell, MI
- Airport: Lowell City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9595° N, 85.3575° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9595&lon=-85.3575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21KL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21KL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kevin L Lawrence VANS ACFT RV-14A (registry code 05640KB, https://openairdocs.org/model/kevin-l-lawrence-vans-acft-rv-14a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming YIO-390 series (registry code 42418, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-yio-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KEVIN L LAWRENCE VANS ACFT RV-14A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING YIO-390 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25FA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250721010949A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 21, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1629 EDT, A VANS RV-14A, REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM OSCODA, MICHIGAN, TO LOWELL, MICHIGAN. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OSCODA, MICHIGAN, AT APPROXIMATELY 1532 EDT. BASED ON CORRESPONDENCE RECOVERED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PASSENGER HAD PROCURED TRANSPORTATION FROM A FRIEND’S PRIVATE AIRCRAFT TO LOWELL TO VIEW A POTENTIAL AIRCRAFT PURCHASE. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS DESCRIBED THE AIRCRAFT ON A LOW, SLOW APPROACH NEAR LOWELL CITY AIRPORT (24C), A NON-TOWERED FACILITY. A WITNESS DRIVING PARALLEL TO THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED OBSERVING IT DECELERATE FURTHER BEFORE ENTERING A SHALLOW LEFT BANK OF APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES TO THE NORTH. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ENTERED A NOSE-DOWN SPIN AND IMPACTED A STORAGE UNIT APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE FROM THE AIRPORT. THE WITNESS REPORTED AN INITIAL SMALL EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY A LARGER POST-IMPACT EXPLOSION AND FIRE, WHICH DESTROYED MOST OF THE WRECKAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE STRUCTURE.

A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONCERNS. AN INITIAL JOINT INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY THE NTSB, FAA, AND A LYCOMING ENGINES REPRESENTATIVE FOUND NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WITH THE REMAINS OF THE ENGINE. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## 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 CEN25FA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA270), Jul 21, 2025: Van's RV-14 (N21KL), Lowell, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal, 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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