- Date
- July 7, 2026, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Monte Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N425GBNoel Simmons RV-8
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20260707007349A
- Case key
- 203403
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
- N425GB
- Reported as
- Noel Simmons RV-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 83289
- Built
- 2019
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- JWG Aviation LLC
- Destination
- CDS · Childress, TX
- Airport
- MVI
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
- 260° at 9 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.34 inHg
- Observed at
- KALS, 10 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KALS 072052Z AUTO 26009G17KT 10SM CLR 30/02 A3034 RMK AO2 PK WND 26028/1955 SLP164 T03000017 56013 $
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.