Jabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd J230-D N784J accident near Oak Island, North Carolina, August 2, 2025
Jabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd J230-D, registration N784J, was involved in an accident near Oak Island, North Carolina on August 2, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as minor, with 1 people on board. Case ERA25LA289 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 12 minutes of the flight after departing the Southport/Cape Fear Rgnl area (KSUT), reaching a maximum of 2,175 ft. The last recorded position was at 23:29 UTC, at 250 ft and 66 knots, descending at 960 feet per minute, about 4 km from Southport/Cape Fear Rgnl (KSUT).
The nearest weather report, from KSUT (4 km away), showed wind 360° at 8 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 10,000 ft (VFR conditions).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- August 2, 2025
- Location
- Oak Island, North Carolina
- Aircraft
- Jabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd J230-D
- Registration
- N784J
- Injuries
- Minor (1 on board)
- NTSB case
- ERA25LA289 (In work)
- Departure area
- Southport/Cape Fear Rgnl (KSUT)
- Nearest airport
- Southport/Cape Fear Rgnl (KSUT)
- Recorded flight
- 12 min, max 2,175 ft
- Last recorded position
- 23:29 UTC, 250 ft, 66 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case ERA25LA289; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.