Beechcraft G58 N16PV

Summary

On 21 October 2025 at about 16:01 local time, a Beechcraft G58 registered N16PV, operated by Align Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Carencro, Louisiana, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

21 October 2025 at 16:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Carencro, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

30.3212, -92.0587

Aircraft

Beechcraft G58

Registration

N16PV

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

2

Operator

Align Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houston → Lafeyette

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN26FA026

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On October 21, 2025, at 1101 central daylight time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company G58 airplane, N16PV, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Carencro, Louisiana. The commercial pilot and two passengers sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations as a Part 91 business flight. The flight departed from David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport, Houston, Texas, and was en route to Lafayette Regional Airport/Paul Fournet Field (LFT), Lafayette, Louisiana. About 9 nautical miles northwest of the LFT and 1,300 ft mean sea level, the flight transmitted to air traffic control (ATC) of an unspecified engine issue and requested direct to LFT. ATC provided instructions to proceed direct to runway 11 at LFT after which there were no further transmissions from the airplane. Surveillance video recorded the airplane in a right spin, with a sound consistent with an engine operating, when it impacted terrain. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the left engine propeller blades exhibited torsional bending and twisting consistent with engine operation. The right engine propeller blades were relatively straight and not feathered. The left and right cockpit propeller controls were in similar and unfeathered positions. The landing gear and wing flaps were retracted. Examination of the flight control system and both engines revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.