Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing Moose accident near Montrose, CO
On June 23, 2025, a Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing Moose (airplane) was involved in an accident near Montrose, CO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 23, 2025
- Place
- Montrose, CO
- Aircraft
- Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing Moose · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.519°N, 107.904°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250623200373
NTSB summary
On June 23, 2025, about 1021 mountain daylight time, a Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing Limited Moose airplane, N250MK, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Montrose, Colorado. The pilot and the pilot-rated passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 ferry flight. The pilot had recently purchased the four-seat airplane, and the purpose of the cross-country flight was to transport the airplane to his home base at Buckingham Field Airport (FL59), Fort Myers, Florida. A Special Flight Permit, signed by a Designated Airworthiness Representative (DAR-T), was signed for the airplane to fly from Westwinds Airport (D17), Delta, Colorado, to FL59. On the day of the accident, the airplane departed from D17, and flew to Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ), Montrose, Colorado, where the airplane was fueled with 100 LL fuel. According to a witness, who was on the ramp at MTJ, he observed the airplane depart from runway 31. He observed a nose-up attitude during the takeoff, and it seemed that the airplane was not climbing and was losing altitude. The witness was unable to hear the engine noise emitted from the airplane due to the environmental noise at the airport. Another witness, who was located outside in a residential area near the accident site, observed the airplane after it departed from runway 31. The airplane turned and flew in a northerly direction and the witness estimated the airplane was traveling about 50 mph and was about 150 ft above ground level. The airplane then turned east, continued to los
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
