20251115020289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Torres Ruben AVENTURA II · Culebra, PR · November 15, 2025

Date
November 15, 2025 · 16:00 local
Place
Culebra, PR
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N258RS
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA26LA047
Reported as
Torres Ruben Aventura II
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
960 total437 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 15, 2025, at about 16:00 ast, an experimental airplane, aventura 2, suffered substantial damage due to an accident on culebrita beach in Culebra, puerto rico. The sport pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated by the pilot as a personal flight, conducted under 14 CFR part 91. Sequence of events as per witness video: the aircraft took off on a south-easterly heading and, after becoming airborne, rolled to the right and stalled. The aircraft crashed near the shoreline of culebrita beach.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 15, 2025, AT ABOUT 16:00 AST, AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, AVENTURA 2, SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO AN ACCIDENT ON CULEBRITA BEACH IN CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO. THE SPORT PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT, CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AS PER WITNESS VIDEO: THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON A SOUTH-EASTERLY HEADING AND, AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, ROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR THE SHORELINE OF CULEBRITA BEACH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.