# NTSB ERA25LA232: Scoda Aeronautica Ltda Super Petrel XP, N405XP, Geneva, FL, June 8, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 8, 2025, 10:34 local (14:34 UTC)
- Place: Geneva, FL
- Coordinates: 28.758504, -81.052145 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7585&lon=-81.0521&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 14, 2025
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200357
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200357/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200357
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA232

## Probable cause

The airplane’s collision with a submerged object during landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage/hull.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Object/animal/substance: hidden/submerged object](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022052): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL XP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022052/cases.md?model=06001DD), [All aircraft, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022052/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL XP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=06001DD), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the amphibious airplane reported that while landing on a lake he heard a large noise just after touching down. After water began to enter the cockpit, the pilot shut down the airplane and he and his passenger evacuated. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the bottom of the fuselage/hull consistent with a collision with a submerged object. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N405XP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N405XP), registered now, S/N S0405, built 2024 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCODA AERONAUTICA LTDA SUPER PETREL XP
- Registry model: [Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL XP](https://openairdocs.org/model/scoda-aeronautica-ltda-super-petrel-xp) (registry code 06001DD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 915 IS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-915-is-series) (registry code 55620, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: S0405
- Year built: 2024
- Airframe hours: 126
- Engines: Rotax 915is 151 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Super Petrel USA Inc
- Registered owner: Super Petrel USA Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 7, 2025, 18.9 hours before
- Departed: SFB, Sanford, FL
- Equipment: Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 13, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 4,754 total, 1,170 in this make and model, 4,700 as pilot in command, 99.6 in the last 90 days, 20.9 in the last 30 days, 2.1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Observed at: SFB, 10 nm away
- METAR: METAR KSFB 081453Z VRB06KT 10SM SCT029 31/24 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159      T03060239 51005

## 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 20250608006749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250608006749A), Jun 8, 2025: Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL XP, Geneva, FL, Substantial damage. After landing on lake harney, Geneva FL, aircraft Scoda super petrel sn SO405, struck unknown object during landing rollout. Lower fuselage aft of cabin…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200357. 13.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 12.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18954695&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20submittal_N405XP_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 714 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18954685&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20ERA25LA232-Rel.pdf

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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