- Date
- May 15, 2025, 13:39 local (17:39 UTC)
- Place
- Terre Haute, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N420GPGrumman TBM-3
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA - Indianapolis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20250515005459A
- Case key
- 200174
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On May 15, 2025, about 1339 eastern daylight time, a Grumman TBM-3 airplane, N420GP, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Terre Haute, Indiana. The pilot sustained serious injuries, and the pilot-rated passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 positioning flight. The pilot reported that while on final approach to the runway, he attempted to increase engine power, but the engine did not respond. He began troubleshooting by switching fuel tanks and completing the emergency checklist item; however, engine power was not restored. The pilot executed a forced landing, and the airplane touched down on the airport perimeter road. The airplane then impacted a drainage ditch, struck the airport perimeter fence, and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, fuselage and empennage. The airplane was recovered to a secure facility for further examination.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420GP
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53420
- Built
- 1944
- Airframe hours
- 4,914.6
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Tri-State Warbird Museum
- Registered owner
- Tri-State Warbird Museum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 2025 · 1.5 hours before
- Departed
- I69 · Batavia, OH
- Destination
- HUF · Terre Haute, IN
- Airport
- HUF · Terre Haute Rgnl, runway 05/23, 9,021 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.65 inHg
- Observed at
- KHUF, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KHUF 151653Z 18012G20KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP035 T02890222
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N420GP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.