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| Date: | Saturday 2 August 2025 |
| Time: | 20:13 LT |
| Type: | Team Rocket F4 Raider |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N31VX |
| MSN: | 00182 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Port de Sóller, Mallorca -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LEIS |
| LEIS | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An experimental Team Rocket F4 Raider, amateur built by Lional Ray Ward, crashed during an aerobatic maneuver into see, about 100 m off Port de Sóller, Mallorca.
The pilot and his thirteen years old son perished and the aircraft was destroyed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ultimahora.es/sucesos/ultimas/2025/08/03/2442983/catatrofe-aerea-aguas-soller-mueren-piloto-hijo-anos.html
https://cadenaser.com/baleares/2025/08/03/continua-la-busqueda-de-los-ocupantes-de-la-avioneta-caida-al-mar-en-el-puerto-de-soller-radio-mallorca/
https://www.ultimahora.es/sucesos/ultimas/2025/08/02/2442965/team-rocket-raider-avioneta-acrobatica-caido-mar-frente-faro-cap-gros-soller.html
https://www.ultimahora.es/sucesos/ultimas/2025/08/02/2442953/avioneta-accidentada-habia-realizado-maniobras-arriesgadas-horas-antes-caer-mar.html
https://www.diariodemallorca.es/sucesos/sucesos-mallorca/2025/08/02/avioneta-precipita-mar-port-soller-120302789.html
https://www.ondacero.es/noticias/sociedad/efectivos-geas-salvamento-maritimo-buscan-avioneta-caer-mar-puerto-soller-mallorca_20250802688e73649db33905c4e154cf.html
https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/08/02/una-avioneta-se-cae-al-mar-cerca-del-puerto-de-soller-mallorca-cadena-ser/
https://www.ultimahora.es/sucesos/ultimas/2025/08/02/2442945/avioneta-estrella-aguas-del-port-soller.html
https://www.informacion.es/sucesos/2025/08/02/avioneta-precipita-mar-mallorca-120303081.html
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=31VX
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N31VX
https://cdn.plnspttrs.net/19364/n31vx-private-lional-ray-ward-f-4-rocket_PlanespottersNet_1712594_6190da2798_o.jpg (photo)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2025 19:59 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Aug-2025 21:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 05:48 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 07:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 08:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 11:37 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 11:39 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 03-Aug-2025 12:36 | Manu | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-Aug-2025 05:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 05-Aug-2025 17:12 | ASN | Updated [Time, Accident report, ] |
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