Icon A5, N594BA, incident occurred on July 26, 2025, near Destin, Florida

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=N594BA

 History of Flight:
On July 26, 2025, at about 1217 local time, an Icon A5, N594BA, registered to Icon Knights LLC, sustained unknown damage in a ditching off Destin, Florida. The pilot was not injured. The cross-country personal flight originated from Gulf Shores-Edwards Airport (GUF/KJKA), Gulf Shores, Alabama, and was destined to Destin Airport (DSI/KDTS), Destin, Florida.

On March 13, 2026, the FAA reported: "Aircraft landed in the water due to fuel exhaustion and caused unspecified damage."

According to ADS-B data, the airplane departed Gulf Shores at 1120 LT and headed east towards Destin, Florida. At 1216 LT, the airplane was about 2 miles from the airport when it landed in the water. It is unknown why the FAA report was delayed so much.

Figure 1: ADS-B exchange data ran through Google Earth

Figure 2: Another view

Figure 3: ADS-B exchange

Figure 4: Close up of last few datapoints