# NTSB WPR25LA200: Faust 3, N5901V, Harrison, MT, June 30, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 30, 2025, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Harrison, MT
- Coordinates: 45.70131, -111.70299 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7013&lon=-111.7030&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200471
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA200
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200471/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA200

## Preliminary 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 best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Faust 3, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=05601JU), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5901V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5901V), registered now, S/N 301, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAUST 3
- Registry model: [Faust 3](https://openairdocs.org/model/faust-3) (registry code 05601JU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Warner SS165 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss165-series) (registry code 64504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 301
- Year built: 1969
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Booth James L

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250630007699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250630007699A), Jun 30, 2025: Faust 3, Harrison, MT, Substantial damage. At approximately 1200 LCL on June 30 2025 The water was glass and the pilot could not tell how high above the water they were. So I circled to come in on final…

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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