Amateur-built CH 750 CRUZER accident near Medina, Ohio, June 5, 2025
On June 5, 2025 at about 1:00 pm local time, a 2025 amateur-built CH 750 CRUZER, registered N75FW, was substantially damaged in an accident near Medina, Ohio (Medina Muni airport). It was a flight test 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 control of the airplane during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 5, 2025 · about 1:00 pm local time
- Place
- Medina, Ohio · Medina Muni · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built CH 750 CRUZER, built 2025
- Registration
- N75FW · registry record · serial C75-11088
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight test · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that this flight was conducted as part of phase 1 flight testing of the newly constructed experimental amateur-built airplane. The pilot stated that he had watched a video from the airplane kit manufacturer on “factory takeoff,” which suggested keeping the control stick slightly aft of neutral and applying partial power. During the accident takeoff, he tried the method described by the video and when the airplane lifted off, it was too slow. About 5ft above ground level, the airplane stalled, and the left wing dropped. The airplane impacted to the left of the runway and continued into a ditch and an area of brush, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures 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
- 300300 during nose over
- 300240 during nose over
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › (general) › Not attained/maintained
Pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land, none, none, none
- Flight time: 960 hours in all; 6 in this make and model; 6 in the last 90 days; 1 in the last 30 days; 849 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: August 11, 2023
- Medical certificate: sport pilot
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2.5 hours
- Last inspection: condition inspection, May 1, 2025; 2.5 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,320 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Jabiru 3300A (piston); 3 hours total
- Operating certificate: in the vicinity
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 27, 3,556 ft by 75 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 73°C, dew point 63°C
- Altimeter: 30.059999 inHg
- Observation at 8:54 am from AKR, 15 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KAKR 051254Z AUTO 19006KT 8SM CLR 23/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02280172
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 ERA25LA219.