Czech Sport Aircraft Sportcruiser accident near Fryeburg, ME
On September 4, 2025, a Czech Sport Aircraft Sportcruiser (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fryeburg, ME. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 4, 2025
- Place
- Fryeburg, ME
- Aircraft
- Czech Sport Aircraft Sportcruiser · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.006°N, 70.964°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250904200944
NTSB summary
On September 4, 2025, about 1418 eastern daylight time, a Czech Sport Aircraft Sportcruiser, N336SC, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fryeburg, Maine. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot’s son, who had flown with him earlier in the day, reported that the purpose of the flight was to reposition the airplane from Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (IZG), Fryeburg, Maine, to Moultonborough Airport (4MB), Moultonborough, New Hampshire, as IZG was scheduled to close on September 10th for construction. He reported that after the morning flight they washed the airplane, and added 8 gallons of non-ethanol unleaded gasoline, 4 gallons to each wing tank. This brought the total amount of fuel to 13 gallons, 7 gallons in the left wing fuel tank and 6 gallons in the right wing fuel tank. He then departed IZG to drive to 4MB prior to the airplane departing as it was about a 1-hour drive and only about a 20-minute flight. Preliminary ADS-B data showed the airplane departed runway 14 at IZG then made a climbing left turn to a maximum altitude of about 2,100 ft mean sea level (msl) on a flight track of about 300°. Two minutes and 26 seconds after the first ADS-B target the airplane stopped climbing at 2,100 ft msl on a flight track of about 210°, and 5 seconds later began about a 500 ft/min descent. About 15 seconds later the airplane began a left turning descent which continued until the ADS-B data ended. The final data point reported the airplane at an a
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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.
