- Date
- June 14, 2025, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Acampo, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N375MEQuitter John F MXL II
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20250614009259A
- Case key
- 200328
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On June 14, 2025, about 1511 Pacific daylight time, an experimental MXL II, N375ME, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Acampo, California. The pilot was uninjured, and the passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he departed from Lodi Airport (103), Lodi, California with about 12 gallons of total fuel. About 10 minutes into the flight, while in cruise flight, the engine started to run rough and seconds after, the engine had a total loss of engine power. The pilot initiated a left turn for a forced landing on a nearby road. During the off-airport landing, the plane collided with trees and came to rest upright against the base of a tree near a river. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that both wings were substantially damaged. 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
- N375ME
- Reported as
- Quitter John F MXL II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 428
- Built
- 1995
- Airframe hours
- 2,284.6
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · December 22, 2024 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 1O3 · Lodi, CA
- Equipment
- None
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
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- KSCK, 18 nm away
- METAR
- KSCK 142155Z 28007KT 10SM CLR 30/06 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T03000061
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.