# Accident 20251004016709A: Maye James A ESCAPADE, Flanigan, NV, October 4, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2025, 10:30 local time
- Place: Flanigan, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3399° N, 119.8993° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3399&lon=-119.8993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maye James A ESCAPADE (registry code 056272H, https://openairdocs.org/model/maye-james-a-escapade) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAYE JAMES A ESCAPADE
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,439 total, 176 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251004016709A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N80JM ATTEMPTED TO LAND HIS AIRPLANE IN A BACKCOUNTRY LANDING AREA. THE PILOT STATED HE SELECTED AN AREA HE THOUGHT WOULD BE SMOOTH, BUT THE AREA HE LANDED ON WAS AT AN UPHILL SLOPE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE UPHILL SLOPE LED TO A HARDER THAN EXPECTED LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE.

## 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 WPR26LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA014), Oct 4, 2025: Maye James A Just Aircraft Escapade (N80JM), Flanigan, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N80JM (1)

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

- [Incident 20150804013409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150804013409I), Aug 4, 2015: Maye James A ESCAPADE (N80JM), Minor damage. N80JM an experimental aircraft landed short and right of runway 24 after practicing touch and goes. The local authorities responded and reported minor damage…

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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