- Date
- October 5, 2025, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- McGregor, MN
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4218TPiper PA-28-140
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20251005019369A
- Case key
- 201783
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On October 5, 2025, about 1310 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N4218T was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near McGregor, Minnesota. The pilot and two passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The airplane departed from Isedor Iverson Airport (HZX) McGregor, Minnesota, and impacted a marsh field about .6 nm from the departure end of runway 14. According to law enforcement, the pilot said that the engine lost power and the airplane would not climb. A postaccident inspection revealed that the fuel selector was set to the right fuel tank and there was fuel in both wing fuel tnaks. Fuel samples were taken from both fuel tanks, and no water was present in either sample. The wings, fuselage, and empennage were substantially damaged. The airplane was retained 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
- N4218T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225096
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Golden Pick LLC
- Departed
- HZX · McGregor, MN
- Destination
- 25D · Forest Lake, MN
- Airport
- HZX · Isedor Iverson Airport, runway 14, 3,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 190° at 17 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.66 inHg
- Observed at
- KHZX
- METAR
- KHZX 051815Z AUTO 19017G23KT 10SM SCT100 22/14 A2966
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.