# NTSB ERA25LA234: Steven Scott Grasley RV-7A, N783RV, Interlachen, FL, June 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 13, 2025, 13:51 local (17:51 UTC)
- Place: Interlachen, FL · Edge of pond
- Coordinates: 29.68304, -81.930381 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6830&lon=-81.9304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- 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): 200359
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA234
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200359/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA234

## Preliminary report

On June 13, 2025, about 15:31 eastern daylight time, an experimental, amateur built RV-7A, N783RV, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Interlachen, Florida. The commercial pilot received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the airplane was recently painted, and an annual inspection was completed. The purpose of the flight was to return the airplane from the maintenance facility located at Northeast Alabama Airport (GAD) in Gadsden, Alabama to Melrose Landing Airpark (FD22), Melrose, Florida. On the downwind leg prior to landing at FD-22, he pulled the engine power back to 1,200 rpm and noted that he had 25 gallons of fuel remaining. He then entered a left base and noted that he needed additional power; however, the engine did not respond to power inputs, and the engine ultimately lost all power. He attempted to restart the engine, but he was unable to, and he was forced to make a landing at the edge of a pond. A postaccident inspection by an FAA inspector revealed about 14 gallons of fuel in each fuel tank and the engine contained about 5 quarts of oil. The wreckage 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.

- [Landing: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Steven Scott Grasley RV-7A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=05632PA), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Ditching](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441); cases with it: [Steven Scott Grasley RV-7A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md?model=05632PA), [All aircraft, 186 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N783RV](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N783RV), registered now, S/N 74002, built 2013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEVEN SCOTT GRASLEY RV-7A
- Registry model: [Steven Scott Grasley RV-7A](https://openairdocs.org/model/steven-scott-grasley-rv-7a) (registry code 05632PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360-A1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (registry code 41594, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 74002
- Year built: 2013
- Airframe hours: 1886.2
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, June 10, 2025, 3 hours before
- Departed: GAD, Gadsden, AL
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FD22, Melrose Landing
- Equipment: Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Onboard weather, ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: K42J, 11 nm away
- METAR: K42J 131755Z AUTO 18008G15KT 8SM FEW065 SCT070 SCT085 31/20 A3009 RMK A01

## 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 20250613008149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250613008149A), Jun 13, 2025: Steven Scott Grasley RV7A, Interlachen, FL, Substantial damage. Preflight inspections were completed with all conditions nominal, including sumping clean fuel 30 minutes after a top off for the flight. There were no…

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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