This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N95KC
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202132/pdf
- History of Flight:
On December 8, 2025, at about 1739 local time, a Beechcraft 95-C55 Baron, N95KC, registered to Tailwinds Flying LLC out of Merritt Island, FL, sustained substantial damage in a forced landing near Cocoa, Florida. The pilot and passenger were not injured, and one person on the ground sustained minor injuries. The local training flight originated from the Cocoa-Merritt Island Airport (COI/KCOI), Cocoa, Florida.
Preliminary ADS-B data indicates the airplane was conducting maneuvers in the area for about an hour when it experienced engine issues and started heading back to KCOI. The aircraft was unable to reach the airport and a decision was made to land the airplane on the I-95. During the forced landing, the airplane landed on the rear of a travelling motorvehicle, causing the left main gear to collapse, the airplane tumbled over the car and rotated around itself before coming to rest. The driver of the car sustained minor injuries.
On December 10, 2025, the NTSB added the event on their database as a class 4 investigation and assigned the "defining event" as "fuel starvation."
- Weather:
- METAR KCOF 082210Z AUTO 01010KT 10SM SCT022 20/16 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP140 $
- METAR KCOF 082225Z AUTO 02013KT 10SM SCT022 19/16 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP140 $
- METAR KCOF 082240Z AUTO 01012KT 10SM BKN022 19/16 A2994 RMK AO2 BKN V SCT CIG 021 RWY21 SLP143 $
- METAR KCOF 082255Z AUTO 36012G17KT 10SM BKN024 19/16 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01930157 $
so thankful no one was hurt seriously,
ReplyDeleteWow,,, so there was an Instructor on board with a pilot that already has some form of FAA Pilot certificate and they both let the airplane run out of fuel?? In Florida? A LOT of airports there in close proximity to each other. Terrible stuff, human error.
ReplyDeleteI hope both pilots were drug tested after the crash inexcusable running out of fuel also the final minutes of flight shows poor decision making there were better options for a emergency landing then I95 in the middle of rush hour. Entire flight path looks like total chaos not planned or thought out at all.
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