Accident American Champion 8KCAB Decathlon N538EE, Friday 2 May 2025
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Date:Friday 2 May 2025
Time:14:38
Type:Silhouette image of generic BL8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
American Champion 8KCAB Decathlon
Owner/operator:Light Speed Air LLC
Registration: N538EE
MSN: 1205-2022
Year of manufacture:2022
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV/KMHV), Mojave, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Los Angeles-Van Nuys Airport, CA (VNY/KVNY)
Destination airport:Mojave Air & Space Port, CA (MHV/KMHV)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed on landing and veered into the runway safety area and flipped over.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: 
Status: Preliminary report
Duration:
Download report: Preliminary report

Sources:

NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=N538EE
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N538EE/history/20250502/2033Z/KVNY/KMHV

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/505860_1715955825.jpg (photo)

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-May-2025 10:32 Captain Adam Added
07-May-2025 10:33 Captain Adam Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Category, ]
26-May-2025 08:38 Captain Adam Updated [Time, Accident report, ]

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