# NTSB ERA25LA337: Larocca Roch B Eracer MK II, N382RB, Mount Pleasant, SC, September 5, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 5, 2025, 11:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Mount Pleasant, SC
- Coordinates: 32.897833, -79.782861 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8978&lon=-79.7829&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 15, 2026
- 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): 200973
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA337
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200973/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200973
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA337

## Probable cause

The failure of the nose gear actuator bolt during the landing roll, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear and subsequent runway excursion.

## Findings

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

- [Fuselage: gear attach fittings (on fus)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035343): Aircraft › Aircraft structures · Failure (probable cause); cases with it: [Larocca Roch B ERACER MK II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035343/cases.md?model=0561471), [All aircraft, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035343/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [Larocca Roch B ERACER MK II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md?model=0561471), [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Larocca Roch B ERACER MK II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=0561471), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot experimental amateur-built airplane reported that the approach and landing were normal with no anomalies observed. During the landing roll, the airplane’s retractable nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane veered off the runway before it impacted uneven terrain. The airplane’s right wing was substantially damaged during the accident sequence. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the nose landing gear actuator bolt had failed, which likely resulted in the collapse of the nose gear assembly during the landing.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N382RB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N382RB-2026-03-08), registration cancelled 2026-03-08, S/N 92-0115, built 2012 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAROCCA ROCH B ERACER MK II
- Registry model: [Larocca Roch B ERACER MK II](https://openairdocs.org/model/larocca-roch-b-eracer-mk-ii) (registry code 0561471) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-series) (registry code 41881, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 92-0115
- Year built: 2012
- Airframe hours: 490
- Engines: Lycoming IO360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 27, 2025, 10 hours before
- Departed: FFC, Peachtree City, GA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: LRO, Mt Pleasant Rgnl-Faison Fld, runway 17/35, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Satellite tracking device, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 18,699 total, 490 in this make and model, 18,699 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: KLRO
- METAR: KLRO 051535Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 30/20 A3004 RMK AO2

## 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 20250905015509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250905015509A), Sep 5, 2025: Larocca Roch B ERACER MK II, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Substantial damage. Eon-dra message text: mount Pleasant, SC (lro): [privacy data omitted], erac, landed and Veered left off of runway 35 for unknown Reasons. POB: 2, injuries:…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 15, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200973. 4.8 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19555721&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record - FAA inspector statement (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 280 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19551028&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20FAA%20Examination%20statement%20LA337-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photos (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 464 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19551955&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photos%20LA337-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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