Rans S-12 Airaile accident near Concordia, KS
On August 25, 2025, a Rans S-12 Airaile (airplane) was involved in an accident near Concordia, KS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 25, 2025
- Place
- Concordia, KS
- Aircraft
- Rans S-12 Airaile · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.550°N, 97.646°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250825200848
NTSB summary
On August 24, 2025, about 1926 central daylight time, a Rans S-12 Airaile airplane, N2757A, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Concordia, Kansas. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A witness reported that airplane appeared to have “trouble gaining altitude” and was alternating between a slight climb and descent as it flew to the east. The airplane then turned and was flying to the south when it entered a nose-down spiral descent to the ground. The same witness captured a cellphone video of the airplane during the final moments of the flight. A preliminary review of the video footage revealed audio evidence that the airplane engine was operating as it entered a progressively steeper left turn toward the east. As the left bank angle increased, the airplane entered a steep nose-down pitch attitude and continued in the spiraling descent toward the ground. There was an abrupt reduction in engine noise after the airplane entered the steep spiraling descent from a low altitude. According to FAA documentation, the experimental light sport airplane was issued a special airworthiness certificate and registration on November 9, 2007. On the application for the airworthiness certificate, the applicant noted that the airplane was originally manufactured in 1995. At the time of the accident, the airplane’s hour meter indicated 767.2 hours. The maintenance logbooks for the airplane were not located at the accident site or in the pilot’s two hangars that he rented at Blo
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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.
