# Accident 20251115020289A: Torres Ruben AVENTURA II, Culebra, PR, November 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Culebra, PR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3209° N, 65.2267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3209&lon=-65.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N258RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N258RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Torres Ruben AVENTURA II (registry code 05617LR, https://openairdocs.org/model/torres-ruben-aventura-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TORRES RUBEN AVENTURA II
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 437 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251115020289A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA26LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA047), Nov 15, 2025: Torres Ruben Aventura II (N258RS), Culebrita Beach, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the initial climb, which resulted in abnormal contact with the water and a subsequent collision with vegetation.

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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