- Date
- October 4, 2025, 21:30 local (Oct 5, 2025, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Huron, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N431MLancair 320
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20251004015849A
- Case key
- 201788
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 4, 2025, about 2130 central daylight time, a Lancair 320 airplane, N431M, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Huron, Indiana. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations as a Part 91 personal flight. The pilot stated that during cruise flight at 4,500 ft, the engine stopped producing power without any warning. He attempted to restore engine power by increasing the mixture control to the fully rich position, adjusting the throttle position, and turning on the electric fuel pump. He was unable to maintain altitude and executed a forced landing into trees. The airplane was destroyed when it impacted trees. 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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N431M
- Reported as
- Lancair 320
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Built
- 1993
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- B & B Flying LLC
- Registered owner
- B & B Flying LLC
- Departed
- MQJ · Indianapolis, IN
- Destination
- HNB · Huntingburg, IN
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) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- KDCY, 23 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KDCY 050135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3012 RMK AO2 T01740151=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.