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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Evektor - Aerotechnik A S SPORTSTAR MAX · Needles, CA · December 27, 2025

Date: December 27, 2025 · 11:09 local
Place: Needles, CA
Airport: Needles
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2312T
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR26LA073
Reported as: Evektor - Aerotechnik A S Sportstar MAX
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,467 total463 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N2312TRegistered now · Evektor - Aerotechnik A S SPORTSTAR MAXS/N 2011 1410 Airframe modelEvektor - Aerotechnik A S SPORTSTAR MAX Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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.

Needles, CA (eed): privacy data omitted, Evektor Sportstar Max,

Bvu-hii, at cruise, sustained a sudden vibration

That lasted for 10 seconds then the engine cut

Out. Regained control and noticed they were

Missing a propeller blade. Landed safely on

Runway 02 at Needles Airport (keed) POB: 2, injuries:

None, damage: extent unknown. 12/27/2025 1909Z

As the FAA filed it

NEEDLES, CA (EED): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EVEKTOR SPORTSTAR MAX,

BVU-HII, AT CRUISE, SUSTAINED A SUDDEN VIBRATION

THAT LASTED FOR 10 SECONDS THEN THE ENGINE CUT

OUT. REGAINED CONTROL AND NOTICED THEY WERE

MISSING A PROPELLER BLADE. LANDED SAFELY ON

RUNWAY 02 AT NEEDLES AIRPORT (KEED) POB: 2, INJURIES:

NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 12/27/2025 1909Z

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB WPR26LA073Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportNeedles, CAOn December 27, 2025, about 1109 Pacific standard time, an Evektor-Aerotechnik AS Sportstar Max LSA airplane, N2312T, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Needles, California. The pilot and pilot rated passenger were not injured.…Dec 27, 2025 · Substantial damage