# Accident 20251114018449A: Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft LLC J230-SP, New Bavaria, OH, November 14, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2025, 17:13 local time
- Place: New Bavaria, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1837° N, 84.1450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1837&lon=-84.1450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N755J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N755J-2026-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jabiru USA Sport J230-SP (registry code 060004V, https://openairdocs.org/model/jabiru-usa-sport-j230-sp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300A (registry code 34804, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JABIRU USA SPORT AIRCRAFT LLC J230-SP
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251114018449A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/14/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1713 LOCAL TIME A JABIRU J230 SP LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR NEW BAVARIA, OHIO RESULTING IN 2 FATALITES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

AT ABOUT 1458 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM KUSE, FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT IN WAUSEON, OHIO.

AFTER FLYING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN MANUEVERING AROUND AN OPEN FARM FIELD AT LOW ALTITUDE NEAR NEW BAVARIA, OHIO

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND ALONG AN EAST SOUTH-EAST HEADING. THE DEBRIS FIELD WAS APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET LONG BY 70 FEET WIDE. ALL THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE LOCATED IN THIS AREA.

GROUND SCARRING INDICATED THE INITIAL IMPACT WAS AT HIGH SPEED, LEFT WING DOWN AND AT A SHALLOW ANGLE OF DESCENT. A WITNESS STATED SHE SAW THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT TURN AND DESCENDING PRIOR TO IMPACT.  PRIOR TO THE IMPACT SHE ALSO STATED IT APPEARED TO BE AT A LOW ALTITUDE. THE ELEVATION OF THE AREA IS ABOUT 749 FEET MSL. THE LAST ADS B SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT 1075 FEET MSL

THE WINGS, TAIL AND FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE LOCATED IN THE DEBRIS AREA. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF FAILURE OF ANY OF THE COMPONENTS PRIOR TO THE IMPACT.

THE ENGINE WAS LOCATED.  WHILE DAMAGED IT HAD OIL AND WAS ABLE TO BE MOVED VIA THE PROPELLER MOUNTING PLATE BUT DUE TO THE IMPACT DAMAGE DID NOT TURN THROUGH A FULL REVOLUTION.

ANY FUEL ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT WAS GONE AS BOTH TANKS WERE RUPTURED.

CONTROL CONTINUITY COULD NOT BE VERIFIED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE AIRCRAFT BREAKING APART AFTER GROUND IMPACT AND THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT BEING SCATERRED ALONG THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. NOTHING INDICATED THERE WAS ANY ISSUES WITH THE CONTINUITY OF THE CONTROLS PRIOR TO THE CRASH.

## 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 ERA26FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26FA039), Nov 14, 2025: Jabiru USA Sport J230-SP (N755J), New Bavaria, OH, substantial damage, 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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