Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 N8VT accident near Rocky Ridge, Utah, September 11, 2025
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40, registration N8VT, operated by PEARL INDUSTRIES LLC, was involved in an accident near Rocky Ridge, Utah on September 11, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as minor, with 3 people on board. Case WPR25LA278 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 50 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 6,700 ft. The last recorded position was at 03:28 UTC, at 5,525 ft and 99 knots, climbing at 64 feet per minute, about 20 km from Nephi Muni (KU14).
The nearest weather report, from KU14 (20 km away), showed wind 120° at 5 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Diamond DA 40 registered in United States (Mode S AADF18).
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
- September 11, 2025
- Location
- Rocky Ridge, Utah
- Aircraft
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
- Registration
- N8VT
- Operator
- PEARL INDUSTRIES LLC
- Injuries
- Minor (3 on board)
- NTSB case
- WPR25LA278 (Completed)
- Nearest airport
- Nephi Muni (KU14)
- Recorded flight
- 50 min, max 6,700 ft
- Last recorded position
- 03:28 UTC, 5,525 ft, 99 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 WPR25LA278; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.