Amateur-built JUNIOR ACE accident near Jeanerette, Louisiana, April 9, 2025
On April 9, 2025 at about 5:00 pm local time, a 2012 amateur-built JUNIOR ACE, registered N941KW, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (landing roll) near Jeanerette, Louisiana (Le Maire Memorial Airport). It was a personal 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 airplane control during the landing roll.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 9, 2025 · about 5:00 pm local time
- Place
- Jeanerette, Louisiana · Le Maire Memorial Airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built JUNIOR ACE, built 2012
- Registration
- N941KW · registry record · serial 941
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot landed a tailwheel-equipped airplane on the grass adjacent to the runway. The pilot reported that during the landing roll, the airplane encountered a rough spot on the ground. The tailwheel began to bounce repeatedly, and the pilot lost control of the airplane as it nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operations.
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
- Nose over/nose down during landing (landing roll)
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
- Environmental issues › Physical environment › Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface › (general) › Response/compensation
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › (general) › Not attained/maintained
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 1,228 hours in all; 23.5 in this make and model
- Last flight review: August 20, 2024
- Medical certificate: Sport Pilot (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: sngl
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 105 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, August 16, 2024; 20 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,235 lb
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental Motors A65 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Destination: 21R Jeanerette LA
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 04/2, 3,000 ft by 75 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 72°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter: 30.21 inHg
- Observation at 11:53 am from KARA, 14 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KARA 091653Z 23006KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP229 T02220072
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 |
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 docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site 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 CEN25LA152.