Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL XP accident near Geneva, Florida, June 8, 2025
On June 8, 2025 at about 2:34 pm local time, a 2024 Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL XP, registered N405XP, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (flare/touchdown) near Geneva, Florida. It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The airplane’s collision with a submerged object during landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage/hull.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 8, 2025 · about 2:34 pm local time · cases in 2025
- Place
- Geneva, Florida · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL XP, built 2024 · all SUPER PETREL XPs on the register
- Registration
- N405XP · registry record · serial S0405
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot of the amphibious airplane reported that while landing on a lake he heard a large noise just after touching down. After water began to enter the cockpit, the pilot shut down the airplane and he and his passenger evacuated. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the bottom of the fuselage/hull consistent with a collision with a submerged object. 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
- Collision with terrain or object (not controlled flight into terrain) during landing (flare/touchdown) defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Environmental issues › Physical environment › Object/animal/substance › Hidden/submerged object › Effect on equipment
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 4,754 hours in all; 1,170 in this make and model; 99.6 in the last 90 days; 20.9 in the last 30 days; 4,700 as pilot in command; 231.8 on instruments
- Last flight review: March 13, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
Passenger
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 126 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, June 7, 2025; 18.9 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,500 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Rotax 915is (piston); 126 hours total
- Operator: Super Petrel USA INC
The flight
- Departed from: SFB Sanford FL at 1:34 pm
- Flight plan: none
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 2,900 ft
- Temperature: 88°F (31°C), dew point 75°F (24°C)
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Observation at 10:53 am from SFB, 10 miles away
Weather report (METAR): METAR KSFB 081453Z VRB06KT 10SM SCT029 31/24 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 T03060239 51005
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Photographs from the investigation 3 pictures from the NTSB's docket, as the NTSB released them
Photograph 1 – View of damage to the fuselage/hull.
Photograph 2 – View of damage to the left side of the fuselage/hull.
Photograph 3 – View of damage to the internal fuselage/hull structure.The NTSB's photographs with the NTSB's captions, at screen size. Open a picture to see it full size or to report one that should not be shown.
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
2 documents, released by the NTSB on November 14, 2025. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 10 pages | View Download |
| 2 | Investigation Photographs | PDF, 4 pages · our copy | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N405XP on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL XP 27 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Scoda Aeronautica Ltda 75 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Rotax 915is 393 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Orlando Sanford International · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,111 since 1982 · 985 in the last ten years
- Florida 21,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/ERA25LA232.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.