# Accident 20251005020859A: Beech 58P, Williston, FL, October 5, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2025, 16:10 local time
- Place: Williston, FL
- Airport: Williston Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3696° N, 82.5038° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3696&lon=-82.5038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121GJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121GJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251005020859A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT WAS EXHIBITING SIGNS OF A NORMAL APPROACH TO WILLISTON, FL (X60) ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING. AT 16:09:34 LOCAL TIME WHILE AT A BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE OF 1300 FEET, ADSB DATA SHOWS AN INCREASE IN VERTICAL SPEED FROM -640 FEET PER MINUTE (FPM) TO -1280 FPM WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN AIRSPEED FROM 167 KNOTS (KTS). THE VERTICAL AND AIRSPEEDS CONTINUED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 17 SECONDS WHEN ADSB DATA WAS LOST AT 16:09:51AT AN ALTITUDE OF 300 FEET, VERTICAL SPEED OF -3712 FPM AND AN AIRSPEED OF 197 KTS.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A FRESHLY PLOWED SOFT SANDY PEANUT FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A 90 DEGREE RIGHT BANK AND NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. A POST-CRASH FIRE OCCURRED. ALL OCCUPANTS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. ALL OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT EXHIBIT SIGNS FIRE.

WITNESS MARKS AT THE SCENE INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND RIGHT WING DOWN AND CARTWHEELED. THE AFT CABIN AND TAIL ASSEMBLY CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE AFT CABIN WAS ENGULFED IN THE FIRE AND THERE WERE SIGNS OF SMALL FIRES ALONG THE DEBRIS FIELD.

A WITNESS FROM AN ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT INBOUND TO X60 HAD THE AIRCRAFT IN SIGHT. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE COMMUNICATING ON THE LOCAL RADIO FREQUENCY, AND THE WITNESS STATES THE LAST TRANSMISSION FROM THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS “DID HE WANT TO RACE”. THE WITNESS THEN WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUE, BANK AND DIVE TO THE GROUND.

INSPECTION OF THE DUAL TACHOMETER FACEPLATE FOUND AT THE SCENE INDICATED BOTH ENGINES WERE UNDER POWER. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION AFTER AIRCRAFT RECOVERY BY THE NTSB, AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE MANUFACTURERS COULD FIND NO ANOMALIES THAT WOULD INDICATE FAILURES OF ANY AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN26FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA005), Oct 5, 2025: Beech 58P (N121GJ), Williston, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal, investigation ongoing

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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