# NTSB WPR25LA188: Filby Gerry RV-9, N696WG, Morgan Hill, CA, June 23, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 23, 2025, 12:17 local (19:17 UTC)
- Place: Morgan Hill, CA
- Coordinates: 37.157, -121.6815 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1570&lon=-121.6815&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200384
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA188
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200384/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA188

## Preliminary report

On June 23, 2025, about 1217 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Vans Aircraft Inc RV-9 airplane, N696WG, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Morgan Hill, California. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that about 4,500 ft mean sea level, the airplane’s engine made a pronounced sound for about 2 seconds, and then both the oil pressure and fuel pressure rapidly decreased to zero. The engine initially continued to operate, but shortly afterwards lost all power. Unable to make it to an airport, the pilot made a forced landing on an open field. During the landing sequence, the pilot maneuvered the airplane to avoid a sports track, and one of its wheels struck a berm which resulted in substantial damage to the wings. The airplane was recovered and retained at a secure facility for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Filby Gerry RV-9, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=05619RH), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N696WG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N696WG-2026-02-28), registration cancelled 2026-02-28, S/N 90842, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FILBY GERRY RV-9
- Registry model: [Filby Gerry RV-9](https://openairdocs.org/model/filby-gerry-rv-9) (registry code 05619RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320-D1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-d1a) (registry code 42394, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 90842
- Year built: 2006
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: SQL, San Carlos, CA
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: KE16, 6 nm away
- METAR: KE16 231915Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/08 A2995 RMK AO2

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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