- Date
- May 27, 2025, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfield, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N327KMRans S20
- Defining event
- Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA – SLC FSDO
- FAA report
- 20250527007709A
- Case key
- 200237
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 27, 2025, about 1330 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur-built RANS S20 Raven, N327KM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fairfield, Utah. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that shortly after departing the runway at the West Desert Airpark (UT9), Fairfield, Utah, about 800 ft above ground level, the airplane had a total loss of engine power followed by an error message on the multi function display. The pilot attempted to restart the engine but was unsuccessful, and initiated a forced landing on a field. The airplane landed hard on a vegetated field and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The airplane was recovered to a secure location for further 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
- N327KM
- Reported as
- Rans S20 (NO SERIES EXISTS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 07220103
- Built
- 2025
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · April 22, 2025 · 10 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- UT9 · West Desert Airpark, runway 17/35, 5,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display
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
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 80 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- ut9, 1.3 nm away
- METAR
- KPVU 271956Z 27006KT 10SM SCT080 SCT200 25/06 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02500056
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.