Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Velocity XL RG, N65VT, incident occurred on December 16, 2025, near Palestine Municipal Airport (PSN/KPSN), Palestine, Texas

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=N65VT

- History of Flight:
On December 16, 2025, at about 1840 local time, a Velocity XL RG, N65VT, registered to Asclepiad Aviation LLC out of San Antonio, TX, sustained unknown damage when it was involved in an inflight fire and subsequent diversion to Palestine Municipal Airport (PSN/KPSN), Palestine, Texas. The flight originated from the Mount Pleasant Regional Airport (OSA/KOSA), 
Mount Pleasant, Texas, at about 1553 LT, and was destined to Castroville Municipal Airport (CVB/KCVB), Castroville, Texas.

The FAA reported that: "Aircraft declared an emergency due to an electrical fire in the cockpit, pilot only temporarily extinguished the fire and made an emergency landing at PSN and the fire finally extinguished itself during lowering of the landing gear."

- Weather:

METAR KPSN 170035Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM BKN027 13/09 A3004 RMK AO2

METAR KPSN 170055Z AUTO 10SM BKN026 13/08 A3005 RMK AO2

Figure 1: ADS-B data of initial climb, emergency descent and diversion to KPSN.

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