- Date
- May 17, 2025, 10:22 local (17:22 UTC)
- Place
- Olivehurst, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N28DENorth American T-28B
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20250517019499A
- Case key
- 200179
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On May 17, 2025, at 1022 Pacific daylight time, a North American T-28B, N28DE, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Marysville, California. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the operator, the airplane departed Yuba County Airport (MYV), Olivehurst, California, to perform a flyover at MYV for their organization. During the flight the engine began surging. The pilot started to return to the airport before electing to land on a nearby dirt road. During landing a wing struck a berm and spun the airplane around, substantially damaging the wings and fuselage. The wreckage was retained for 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
- N28DE
- Reported as
- North American T-28B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 138275
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hmong Memorial Foundation
- Registered owner
- Hmong Memorial Foundation
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- MYV · Yuba County
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) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 74 °F, dew point 49 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 27 nm away
- METAR
- 10:53 AM 74 °F 49 °F 41 % N 6 mph 18 mph 29.82 in 0.0 in Fair
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.