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| Date: | Wednesday 30 July 2025 |
| Time: | 10:46 |
| Type: |  Lancair IV-P |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N49BX |
| MSN: | LIV-465 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Indy South Greenwood Airport (HFY/KHFY), Greenwood, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Greenwood-Indy South Greenwood Airport, IN (KHFY) |
| Quakertown-Upper Bucks Airport, PA (UKT/KUKT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On July 30, 2025, at 1046 eastern daylight time, a Lancair IVP airplane, N49BX, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Greenwood, Indiana. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
ADS-B data was not available from the FAA as FAA ADS-B data relies on data received by official FAA receivers, and no data was found for the accident flight. However, preliminary ADS-B data from a commercial service that utilizes private receiver data was obtained which depicted the accident flight.
The airplane was also equipped with a Garmin G900X avionics suite which had data recording capability that captured the accident flight. The data recorded by the Garmin system ended about 13 seconds before the ADS-B data. The Garmin and ADS-B data showed that the airplane departed from runway 19 at the Indy South Greenwood Airport (HFY), Greenwood, Indiana, at 1045. After takeoff, the airplane began a climbing left turn. The turn continued for about 30 seconds when the turn radius decreased while continuing to the left. The data then showed a rapid descent to the right. The total duration of the flight from the beginning of the takeoff roll was about 1 minute 30 seconds.
The Garmin avionics also recorded engine parameters. The final portion of the data showed that the engine was at 38 inches of manifold pressure, 2,650 rpm, and a fuel flow of about 44.5 gallons per hour. All engine readings were steady from power application during the takeoff until the end of the recorded data.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/at-least-1-person-killed-in-greenwood-plane-crash/531-ac74d1c8-05c2-419f-996e-f8c64e3cb27c#
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N49BX
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N49BX/history/20250730/1447Z/KHFY/KHFY
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a60dee&lat=39.621&lon=-86.083&zoom=15.4&showTrace=2025-07-30&leg=1&trackLabels
Location
Images:
Photo: Greenwood Police
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2025 16:09 | Boilermonkey | Added |
| 30-Jul-2025 16:10 | ASN | Updated [Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jul-2025 16:16 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Category, Photo, ] |
| 31-Jul-2025 06:16 | ASN | Updated |
| 20-Aug-2025 18:53 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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