# Accident 20251230020109A: Icon Aircraft Inc A5, Gulf Shores, AL, December 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2025, 11:30 local time
- Place: Gulf Shores, AL
- Airport: Jack Edwards Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2900° N, 87.6681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2900&lon=-87.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N601BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Icon A5 (registry code 06001A7, https://openairdocs.org/model/icon-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ICON AIRCRAFT INC A5
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251230020109A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PREPARING FOR A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT KJKA. PILOT  THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED VIA THE SWITCH, THE INDICATOR LIGHT, AND VISUALLY. UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR QUICKLY COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. TOWER WAS NOTIFIED AND AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED BY HAND TOW BAR, NOSE GEAR WAS LOWERED, AND AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO NEARBY HANGAR.

## 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 ERA26LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA083), Dec 30, 2025: Icon A5 (N601BA), Gulf Shores, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A nose landing gear collapse during landing.

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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