Piper PA28R N8586A
27 September 2025 · Okeechobee, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 27 September 2025 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA28R registered N8586A, operated by Skyborne Airline Academy Inc, was involved in an accident near Okeechobee, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Okeechobee, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- 27.2657, -80.8550
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28R
- Registration
- N8586A
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2016
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Skyborne Airline Academy Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Vero Beach → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA25LA377
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
Collision with a bird during cruise flight.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During an instructional flight, while the airplane was in cruise flight, a large black bird suddenly appeared in a dive and struck the right wing. The airplane landed uneventfully, and a subsequent inspection revealed that the right wing had sustained substantial damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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