Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER accident near Mojave, California, June 8, 2025
On June 8, 2025, a 2017 Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER, registered N724SC, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (landing roll) near Mojave, California (Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 8, 2025
- Place
- Mojave, California · Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER, built 2017 · all SPORTCRUISERs on the register
- Registration
- N724SC · registry record · serial C0594
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that, while practicing stop-and-go landings, the airplane touched down and began drifting to the left. Subsequently, the pilot attempted a go-around. However, as he added full power, the airplane’s drift worsened. The left wing contacted a runway hold short sign and the airplane departed the runway which resulted in substantial damage to both wings and the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Loss of control on ground during landing (landing roll) defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Not attained/maintained
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: instructor: helicopter; instructor: instrument helicopter; instrument: helicopter; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 1,310 hours in all; 20 in this make and model; 50 in the last 90 days; 18 in the last 30 days; 1,221 as pilot in command; 792 on instruments
- Last flight review: March 16, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Maximum gross weight: 1,320 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Rotax 912ULS SERIES (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Aviators, Inc
The flight
- Departed from: VNY Van Nuys CA at 11:20 pm
- Destination: MHV Mojave CA
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 12, 12,503 ft by 200 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 75°F (24°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Observation at 4:40 am from KMHV, 1 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KMHV 071140Z AUTO 30010KT 10SM CLR 24/06 A2994 RMK AO2
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ANC25LA048.