# NTSB ANC25LA048: Czech Sport Aircraft A S Sportcruiser, N724SC, Mojave, CA, June 8, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 7, 2025, 17:15 local (Jun 8, 2025, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Coordinates: 35.058661, -118.15699
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0587&lon=-118.1570&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200311
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200311/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200311
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA048

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=0600066), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0600066), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=0600066), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, while practicing stop-and-go landings, the airplane touched down and began drifting to the left. Subsequently, the pilot attempted a go-around. However, as he added full power, the airplane’s drift worsened. The left wing contacted a runway hold short sign and the airplane departed the runway which resulted in substantial damage to both wings and the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N724SC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N724SC), registered now, S/N C0594, built 2017 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT A S SPORTCRUISER
- Registry model: [Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER](https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-aircraft-a-s-sportcruiser) (registry code 0600066) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: C0594
- Year built: 2017
- Engines: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Aviators, Inc
- Registered owner: La City Tech Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: VNY, Van Nuys, CA
- Destination: MHV, Mojave, CA
- Airport: MHV, Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field, runway 12, 12,503 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; injuries: none; commercial; instrument ratings: helicopter; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 16, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,310 total, 20 in this make and model, 1,221 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: KMHV, 1 nm away
- METAR: KMHV 071140Z AUTO 30010KT 10SM CLR 24/06 A2994 RMK AO2

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250607006789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250607006789A), Jun 7, 2025: Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTSCRUISER, Mojave, CA, Substantial damage. The pilot in command attempted to land on runway 12 Winds were reported variable by Mojave north weather station 202 and 215 at 14, gusting 24. The aircraft…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200311. 3.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18888208&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20ANC25LA048_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 992 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18888043&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20photographs-Rel.pdf

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.

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