# Accident 20250727008909A: Matesi Eugene E LANCAIR 320, Kermit, TX, July 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2025, 19:50 local time
- Place: Kermit, TX
- Airport: Winkler County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7481° N, 103.2384° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7481&lon=-103.2384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70337, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70337-2026-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Matesi Eugene E LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05623Q4, https://openairdocs.org/model/matesi-eugene-e-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MATESI EUGENE E LANCAIR 320
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250727008909A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 27, 2025, AT 19:50 LOCAL TIME, A LANCEAIR 320 LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE CRUISING AT 11,500 FEET, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF-FIELD LANDING 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE WINKLER COUNTY AIRPORT (KINK) IN A SMALL GRASSY AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (MESA, ARIZONA) ON JULY 27, 2025.

## 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 CEN25LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA291), Jul 28, 2025: Matesi Eugene E Lancair 320 (N70337), Wink, TX, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N70337 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951128043389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951128043389I), Nov 28, 1995: Amtr LANCAIR (N70337), Flagstaff, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: right main landing gear collapsed on landing runway 03 Pulliam field, Flagstaff, AZ. Aircraft skidded down runway 03 and veered off right side of…

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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