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Three Killed in Raytheon G58 Crash Near Carencro, Louisiana

An NTSB accident record lists three people aboard and three fatalities in the October 21 crash; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 9:20 a.m. ET
people aboard a were killed when the aircraft crashed near Carencro, Louisiana, at about 4:01 p.m. local time on October 21, 2025, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The record lists people on board and fatalities. The event is still developing and details may change as the investigation proceeds. The NTSB accident record identifies the aircraft as , gives the operator as , and classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight. The record lists the aircraft as destroyed. The cause has not been determined, and the NTSB investigation is open. Aircraft registry records describe as a twin-engine piston landplane, serial number TH-2144, with Continental IO-550-C engines, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as Tormey Milton T; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. Weather observations recorded at Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT), 8.6 miles away and eight minutes from the reported time, showed wind from 210 degrees at knots, visibility 10 statute miles, scattered cloud at 4,000 feet and a temperature of 86°F. The observation is an instrument reading at a nearby field and is not a statement about what happened. Geographic reference data places Carencro in Lafayette Parish, at a settlement elevation of 46 feet, about 5.0 miles east of Trahan Ultralightport (0LS5) and 5.4 miles north-northeast of Industrial Helicopters Inc. Airport (10LA). As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains one other case involving a , of which none involved a fatality. That count is a tally of records only and says nothing about the cause of this accident.

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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 Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.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
N16PV
Type
Raytheon Aircraft Company G58 — twin-engine piston landplane
Engines
CONT MOTOR IO-550-C
Registered owner
Tormey Milton TThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
46 ft
Nearest aerodrome
5.0 miles E of Trahan Ultralightport (0LS5)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 13:20current

    Added headline and dek; clarified that the weather observation is an instrument reading and not a statement about the accident, and that the type count is a records tally.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 19:44

    First published.

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