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Six killed in Beechcraft B300 crash near Galveston, Texas

The accident record lists eight people on board, six fatalities and two serious injuries; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:13 a.m. ET
people were killed when a crashed near Galveston, Texas, at about 9:05 p.m. local time on December 22, 2025, according to the accident record. The record lists people on board, fatalities and two serious injuries, and describes the aircraft as destroyed. This remains a developing event and details may change as the investigation proceeds. The accident record identifies the aircraft as and lists the operator as . Aircraft registry records list ANX-1209 as a Beechcraft Corp King Air B350i, a twin-engine turboprop landplane, serial number FL-936, registered in Mexico, with the registered owner given as the Mexican Navy; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. Registry entries can be out of date. Weather observations recorded at Scholes International At Galveston Airport (KGLS), 11. miles away and 13 minutes from the reported time of the accident, show wind from 130 degrees at knots, visibility of 1.25 statute miles in mist, an overcast ceiling at 200 feet and a temperature of 68°F. Those figures are instrument readings, not a statement by anyone, and are not a statement of cause. Geographic reference data places Galveston County, Texas, at a terrain elevation of 20 feet, about 2.1 miles south of Austinia Airport (TS50), 2.1 miles north-northeast of Johnnie Volk Field (37TE) and 5.2 miles east of Rebel Field (TX66). The reference data locates the settlement and nothing finer. As background on the owner of record only: published references, including Wikipedia and the Secretariat of the Navy's own site, describe the Mexican Navy as the naval service of Mexico, administered by the Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR), with an air arm, Mexican Naval Aviation (Fuerza AeroNaval), active since 1918 and organised across the navy's Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico fleets, with roles listed as aerial surveillance, troop transport and search and rescue. That background says nothing about this accident. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating, according to the accident record. The cause has not been determined.

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Registration
ANX-1209
Type
Beechcraft Corp King Air B350i — twin-engine turboprop landplane
Registered owner
Mexican NavyThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
20 ft
Nearest aerodrome
2.1 miles S of Austinia Airport (TS50)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:13current

    Tightened attribution on the weather and geographic reference data, sourced the owner background, and moved the NTSB investigation status into a clearly marked closing line.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 19:03

    First published.

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