Thrush S2R-T660 N7001B

Summary

On 18 August 2025 at about 13:44 local time, a Thrush S2R-T660 registered N7001B, operated by Thrush Aircraft LLC, was involved in an accident near Albany, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

18 August 2025 at 13:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Albany, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Southwest Georgia Regional Air (ABY)

Coordinates

31.5300, -84.1940

Aircraft

Thrush S2R-T660

Registration

N7001B

Category

Airplane

Year built

2025

Engines

1

Operator

Thrush Aircraft LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Flight Test

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA378

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 18, 2025, about 0944 EST, a Thrush Aircraft LLC S2R-T660, N7001B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, Albany, Georgia. The commercial pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14?Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 special flight for the purpose of production flight test. The pilot stated that the first two landings of the day with this airplane were uneventful, but on the third landing the left master cylinder failed while in a two-wheel landing configuration with the tail coming down. The airplane then swerved to the right at high speed. During the departure from the runway, the left tire came off of the rim which then dug into the runway surface followed by the dirt off of the runway, causing the tail of the airplane to pivot around the left main landing gear. Because of the side load force applied, the left main gear separated from the airplane during the ground loop. The propeller and left wing contacted the ground, and the airplane came to a stop. He then shut down and secured the airplane. Three days earlier during a production flight test in the same airplane, after touchdown the left brake master cylinder failed causing the airplane to depart the runway, resulting in only damage to the left main landing gear tire. That incident was not reported to NTSB at the time and was not investigated.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.