# NTSB CEN25LA150: Silvaire 8F, N9926C, Fairbury, NE, April 6, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 6, 2025, 17:05 local (22:05 UTC) - Place: Fairbury, NE - Coordinates: 40.1819, -97.1678 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1819&lon=-97.1678&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: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 199986 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA150 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199986/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199986 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA150 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing and the flight instructors delayed remedial action. ## 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: [Silvaire 8F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=8190154), [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: [Silvaire 8F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=8190154), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Silvaire 8F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=8190154), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/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: [Silvaire 8F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=8190154), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor reported that the pilot receiving instruction performed a wheel landing on a runway with a crosswind. The landing was normal until the tail came down. The nose of the airplane went to the left and then back to the right. The flight instructor applied full left rudder, but the airplane continued to the right. The pilot receiving instruction applied full left break; however, the airplane continued to the right, exited the runway, and came to rest in a drainage ditch. The left main landing gear folded underneath the airplane and punctured the airplane floor which resulted in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. Both the pilot receiving instruction and the flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 17. The flight instructor reported that the wind was out of the south southwest at 10 kts. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9926C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9926C-2025-08-01), registration cancelled 2025-08-01, S/N S-30, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: SILVAIRE 8F - Registry model: [Silvaire 8F](https://openairdocs.org/model/silvaire-8f) (registry code 8190154) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: S-30 - Year built: 1959 - Airframe hours: 1832 - Engines: Continental C90-12F 90 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 14, 2024 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: FBY, Fairbury Municipal, runway 17, 3,700 × 75 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, waiver time limited special; last flight review December 1, 2024; seat: right; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 8,629 total, 8 in this make and model, 8,366 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days - Pilot; age 43; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 1, 2024; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 123 total, 8 in this make and model, 79 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 19 °F - Altimeter: 30.07 inHg - Observed at: KBIE, 20 nm away - METAR: KBIE 062155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/M07 A3007 ## 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 20250406003809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250406003809A), Apr 6, 2025: Silvaire 8F, Fairbury, NE, Substantial damage. The pilot made 9 successful landings on rwy 11 (a grass runway) at kfby. During the 10th landing of the flight, which was on rwy 17 (a concrete rwy) at kfby,… ## Other investigations on N9926C (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 NYC67D0049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67D0049), Jun 19, 1966: Luscombe 8F (N9926C), Newburg, MD, substantial damage ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199986. 2.5 MB in all. - Photos (item 1, PDF, 3 pages, 717 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18976809&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 2, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18980552&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 62 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19017752&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR-Huber-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. --- 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.