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NTSB Investigating Fatal Cessna A185F Accident Near Bangor, Maine

One person on board was killed in the August 22, 2025 accident; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:19 a.m. ET
One person was killed when a was involved in an accident near Bangor, Maine, on August 22, 2025, at about 5:21 p.m. local time, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The record lists one person on board and one fatality, and states the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The investigation is open and this account is based on an early record that may change. The NTSB record classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight and identifies the aircraft as registration . The cause has not been determined; the NTSB is the investigating body. Aircraft registry records list as a , a single-engine piston landplane with a Continental IO-520 series engine, serial number 18504396, built in 1982 and 43 years old at the time of the accident. The registry lists the registered owner as Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. Company material and FAA publications describe Southern Aircraft Consultancy as a Norfolk, England-based aircraft trust company that acts as owner trustee so non-US citizens can place aircraft on the American register, and a search of the FAA registry cited by AOPA UK listed 801 aircraft registered through the company. Companies House filings list Faith Rose Chmura Al-Egaily as a director and person with significant control of the UK company; the investigation has made no finding connecting the company or its post-holders to this accident. In January 2026 the FAA notified the firm that its aircraft registration certificates were invalid on US citizenship grounds and instructed it to surrender them; trade press subsequently reported an agreement for Wyoming-based Valiair to acquire the company. None of this bears on the cause of this accident. As a matter of record, other NTSB case files name the same trustee as owner: GAA25WA235, N5073C, a Raytheon B36TC at Norwich, on August 8, 2025; GAA25WA170, N3117J, a Piper PA 46-350P at Kilkeel, Great Britain, on May 18, 2025; GAA25WA049, N4698W, a Rockwell 112TCA at Fife, Great Britain, on December 23, 2024, with one fatality; GAA22WA311, N999RL, a Robinson R44 II at Kildare, Ireland, on December 11, 2022, with one fatality; and GAA23WA034, N821CC, a Cirrus SR22 at Ronselarestraat, Belgium, on November 16, 2022. Separately, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 98 other cases involving the , of which 10 involved a fatality. Neither set of records says anything about what happened here. Weather observations recorded at Bangor International Airport (KBGR), 2.7 miles away and 28 minutes from the reported time, show wind from 10 degrees at 9 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, scattered cloud at 7,000 feet and a temperature of 80°F. The observation is an instrument reading and is not a statement about cause. The NTSB investigation continues.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N714HE
Type
Cessna A185F — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
Built
1982-01-01 (43 years old)
Registered owner
Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc TrusteeThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
49 ft
Nearest aerodrome
2.6 miles N of Brewer Airport (0B2)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:19current

    Added the AOPA UK-cited figure of 801 aircraft registered through the trustee, noted the FAA's surrender instruction, and stated that no finding connects the trustee or its named director to this accident.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 21:44

    First published.

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