Incident Lancair IV-P LX7 turbine conversion N163BR, Thursday 13 November 2025
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Date:Thursday 13 November 2025
Time:c. 19:49 LT
Type:Lancair IV-P LX7 turbine conversion
Owner/operator:Rijan Realty Holdings Inc
Registration: N163BR
MSN: LIV-249/LX7-006
Year of manufacture:2009
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Savannah, GA -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Wallace-Henderson Field, NC (KACZ)
Destination airport:Savannah-Hunter AFB, GA (SVN/KSVN)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Lancair IV-P LX7 conversion, N163BR, sustained substantial damage in a landing following the deployment of the airframe parachute while on approach to land at Hunter Army Airfield (SVN/KSVN), Savannah, Georgia.
The two occupants onboard were not injured.

Weather:
METAR KSVN 132355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/09 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP203 T01380088 10237 20123 52012 $
METAR KSVN 140053Z 16001KT 10SM CLR 14/09 RMK AO2A SLP207 T01300100
METAR KSVN 140055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/10 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP206 T01310097 $

Sources:

https://www.wtoc.com/2025/11/14/crews-respond-downed-aircraft-along-eisenhower-drive/

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N163BR
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N163BR/history/20251113/2343Z/KACZ/GA37
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a0fcfc&lat=32.003&lon=-81.084&zoom=13.8&showTrace=2025-11-14&trackLabels
https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/192143771/n163br-2019-lancair-lx7-20

https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=6005201939&wid=6072144879&rwl=False&p=&ext=&w=614&h=460&t=&lp=&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=z9zQelyJ0j2KMCw3sD0uiAjCGD4cLR5QvKnFbfWwQ8E%3D (photo)

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Nov-2025 18:48 Captain Adam Added
14-Nov-2025 19:33 Anon. Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
14-Nov-2025 22:04 RobertMB Updated [Cn, ]

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