Robb AVENTURA II N744RA

Summary

On 13 April 2025 at about 23:40 local time, a Robb AVENTURA II registered N744RA was involved in an accident near Elmore, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 April 2025 at 23:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Elmore, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

32.5186, -86.2860

Aircraft

Robb AVENTURA II

Registration

N744RA

Category

Airplane

Year built

2005

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wetumpka → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA182

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s failure to configure the airplane for a water landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the amphibious airplane departed on a personal flight and performed several water landings on a lake. Upon leaving the area of the lake for the return flight to the departure airport, he lowered the landing gear (deviating from his standard procedure of lowering the landing gear while in the airport traffic pattern). Upon reaching the airport, and realizing there was still daylight remaining, he elected to perform one more water landing on a nearby river. Approaching the river, he lowered the flaps but neglected to verify the correct position of the landing gear and touched down on water with the landing gear extended. After touchdown the airplane nosed down and came to an abrupt stop resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot stated that there was no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures or of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.