- Date
- June 30, 2025, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Harrison, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5901VFaust 3
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20250630007699A
- Case key
- 200471
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On June 30, 2025, about 1200 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur built Faust 3, N5901V, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Harrison, Montana. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he was performing a water landing in the float equipped airplane on Willow Creek Reservoir near Harrison. Shortly after touch down, the airplane pulled to the left. The wings subsequently struck the water before the airplane came to a stop, which resulted in substantial damage to both wings. The airplane was recovered from the water and retained 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
- N5901V
- Reported as
- Faust 3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301
- Built
- 1969
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Booth James L
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
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KBZN, 23 nm away
- METAR
- KBZN 301756Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 26/06 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02610061 10261 20067 57020
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.