# Accident 20251203021489A: Tom Huebbe MINI MAX TH, Inverness, FL, December 3, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2025, 15:57 local time
- Place: Inverness, FL
- Airport: Inverness
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8036° N, 82.3183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INVERNESS (INF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8036&lon=-82.3183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48TH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48TH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Huebbe Tom MAX TH (registry code 05602JK, https://openairdocs.org/model/huebbe-tom-max-th) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TOM HUEBBE MINI MAX TH
- Reported engine: GREAT PLAINS 1836 CC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 29 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251203021489A

## Narrative

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

ON THE AFTERNOON OF 11/26/2025, DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT EXPERIENCED SUDDEN AND UNEXPLAINED YAW TO THE LEFT IN A MINI MAX WHICH IS A SHORT-COUPLED TAILWHEEL AMATEUR-BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT. PILOT RAPIDLY CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND CUT POWER TO IDLE. FULL RIGHT RUDDER AUTHORITY WAS QUICKLY EXHAUSTED, AND, DESPITE FULL RIGHT RUDDER USE AND POWER ADJUSTMENT, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON ITS LEFTWARD PATH. IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD SOON EXIT THE RUNWAY, WHEREUPON BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUED USE OF FULL RIGHT RUDDER/STEER. THE BRAKE SETUP IS BILATERAL AND SYNCHRONIZED; DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING FOR THE PURPOSES OF STEERING IS THUS NOT POSSIBLE. WHILE CONTINUING ITS TRAJECTORY, AND FAILING TO YIELD TO THE CORRECTIVE INPUT, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK AN AIRPORT SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND AILERON. THE SIGN WAS NOT FUNCTIONALLY DAMAGED. PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED A MILD CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT (~260 AT ~6 ON RWY 190). THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED OUT OF THE OCCURRENCE AREA AND TIED DOWN ON THE RAMP. PILOT  CONTACTED THE NTSB IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER. PREFLIGHT INSPECTION HAD NOT REVEALED ABNORMALITIES

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.