# NTSB WPR25LA174: Quitter John F MXL II, N375ME, Acampo, CA, June 14, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 14, 2025, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Acampo, CA
- Coordinates: 38.175945, -121.31618 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1759&lon=-121.3162&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA174
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200328/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA174

## Preliminary 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 best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Quitter John F MXL II, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=05626TZ), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N375ME](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N375ME-2025-08-05), registration cancelled 2025-08-05, S/N 428, built 1995 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUITTER JOHN F MXL II
- Registry model: [Quitter John F MXL II](https://openairdocs.org/model/quitter-john-f-mxl-ii) (registry code 05626TZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 428
- Year built: 1995
- Airframe hours: 2284.6
- 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250614009259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250614009259A), Jun 14, 2025: Quitter John F MXL II, Lodi, CA, Substantial damage. I got to the hanger about 1:30. I went in the hangar and started pre-flighting the plane to include Radiator, coolant level, rotary valve oil tank level…

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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