# NTSB ERA25LA098: Montaer Ltda Montaer MC01, N916VS, Miramar, FL, January 19, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: January 19, 2025, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Miramar, FL
- Coordinates: 25.996944, -80.244444
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9969&lon=-80.2444&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199576
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA098
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199576/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA098

## Preliminary report

On January 19, 2025, about 1410 eastern standard time, a Montaer MC-01, N916VS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Miramar, Florida. The private pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was a trip to the Bahamas. During the takeoff roll, just after rotation, the engine lost power. The pilot then performed a forced landing on airport property in the grass area near the departure end of the runway. Upon touching down the right main landing gear and nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane then nosed over and came to rest inverted. Postaccident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector found substantial damage to the fuselage, vertical stabilizer, rudder, and both wings. Data was downloaded from the electronic engine control unit and sent to the engine manufacturer for readout. The electronic avionics were removed and sent to the National Transportation Safety Board vehicle recorders laboratory for data download. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Montaer Ltda MONTAER MC01, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=06001CT), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N916VS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N916VS), registered now, S/N 059, built 2024 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MONTAER LTDA MONTAER MC01
- Registry model: [Montaer Ltda MONTAER MC01](https://openairdocs.org/model/montaer-ltda-montaer-mc01) (registry code 06001CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 916 IS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-916-is-series) (registry code 55622, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 059
- Year built: 2024
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bahamian Club LLC
- Registered owner: Bahamian Club LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: HWO, Hollywood, FL
- Airport: HWO, North Perry, runway 28L, 3,463 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 13 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.99 inHg
- Observed at: OPF, 6 nm away
- METAR: KOPF 191853Z 26013G21KT 10SM SCT033 SCT043 BKN055 27/21 A2999 RMK AO2 PK WND 23027/1837 SLP157 T02720206 $

## 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 20250119001179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250119001179A), Jan 19, 2025: Montaer Ltda MONTAER MC01, Pembroke Pines, FL, Destroyed. On January 19, 2025, Montaer Ltda, [privacy data omitted] serial number 059, around 1400 depart hwo runway 28L heading to the Bahamas. During take-off aircraft…

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.

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