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Two Killed in Beech A36 Crash Near Gulf Shores, Alabama

The accident record lists two aboard and two fatalities in the March 8 crash; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 11:07 a.m. ET
people aboard a were killed when the airplane crashed near Gulf Shores, Alabama, at about 1:00 a.m. local time on March 8, 2026, according to the accident record. The record lists souls on board and fatalities, and states the aircraft was destroyed. It classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The event is developing and details may change. The cause has not been determined. The accident record identifies the airplane as a registered . Aircraft registry records list as a single-engine piston landplane with a Continental Motors IO-520 series engine, serial number E-2054, built in 1982 and 44 years old at the time of the crash. The registry lists the registered owner as George Jon L; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. Weather observations recorded at Jack Edwards National Airport (KJKA), 1.7 miles away and five minutes from the reported time, show wind from 150 degrees at 7 knots, visibility 8 statute miles, a broken ceiling at 400 feet and a temperature of 72°F. Those are instrument readings and not a statement about what happened. Geographic reference data places Gulf Shores in Baldwin County, Alabama, at a settlement elevation of 13 feet, 1.7 miles southwest of Jack Edwards National Airport, with Bass Field 8.3 miles away and Naval Outlying Field Barin 8.8 miles away. The reference data locates the settlement, not the accident site. As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 184 other cases involving the , of which 61 involved a fatality. That is a count of cases and not a safety rate, and it says nothing about the cause of this accident, which remains under investigation.

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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 Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.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
N66519
Type
Beech A36 — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
Built
1982-01-01 (44 years old)
Registered owner
George Jon LThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
13 ft
Nearest aerodrome
1.7 miles SW of Jack Edwards National Airport (KJKA/GUF)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 15:07current

    Corrected the bearing between Gulf Shores and Jack Edwards National Airport (southwest, not northeast) and clarified that the geographic reference locates the settlement rather than the accident site.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 16:31

    First published.

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