- Date
- December 12, 2025, 14:31 local (20:31 UTC)
- Place
- Cresson, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N28MDSonerai II
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 202154
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On December 12, 2025, about 1431 central standard time, a Sonerai II airplane, registration N28MD, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cresson, Texas. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he had just completed a high-speed pass down the runway and was turning downwind when the engine began to sound and act abnormally. The rpm gauge was fluctuating. The pilot immediately turned towards the runway and performed an emergency landing. The airplane overran the runway and went into a ravine where it struck a tree which resulted in substantial damage to the wing and fuselage. The airplane will be recovered and 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
- N28MD
- Reported as
- Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 141
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 497.6
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 50F · Forth Worth, TX
- Airport
- 50F
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
- 290° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KGDJ, 14 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KGDJ 130235Z AUTO 29003KT CLR 10/04 A3007 RMK AO2 T01040036 PWINO
Other investigations on N28MD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.