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Two Killed in North American T-6G Accident Near Louise, Texas

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

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:08 a.m. ET
people aboard a were killed in an accident near Louise, Texas, on September 20, 2025, at about 10:24 p.m. local time, according to the accident record. The record lists people on board and fatalities, and describes the aircraft as having sustained substantial damage. The event is developing and details may change. The accident record identifies the aircraft as a registered , and lists the operator as . It classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The cause has not been determined. Aircraft registry records describe as a single-engine piston landplane with a P&W R1340 series engine, serial number 49-3221A, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as Skot Ingram; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight, and may not have been aboard. Publicly available aviation records mention a person of the same name in central Texas — FAA/airport facility data listing a "Skot Ingram" as owner and manager of Skotz Airfield (99XA) near Briggs in Burnet County, a 2005 Burnet-area newspaper archive index placing the name among people pictured at a Commemorative Air Force squadron aircraft acquisition, and a hobbyist aviation blog describing a pilot of that name flying vintage aircraft. It has not been confirmed that these records refer to the same person; the Burnet County locations are roughly 200 miles from Louise. Weather observations recorded at KARM (Wharton Regional Airport), 18.3 miles away and 29 minutes from the reported time, showed calm wind, visibility of 7 statute miles, clear skies and 77°F. Geographic reference data places the settlement of Louise in Wharton County at an elevation of 89 feet, 0.6 miles west of Flying V Ranch Airport (T26), 3.3 miles east of Bain Airport (US-6137) and 3.8 miles east-northeast of Krenek Airport (US-3231); that reference locates the town, not the accident site. As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 7 other cases involving the , of which 3 involved a fatality. That count is a historical tally 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
N32SZ
Type
North American T-6G — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
P&W R1340 SERIES
Registered owner
Skot IngramThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
89 ft
Nearest aerodrome
0.6 miles W of Flying V Ranch Airport (T26)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:08current

    Corrected the bearings and distances between Louise and the three nearby aerodromes, and clarified that the geographic reference locates the settlement rather than the accident site.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 20:48

    First published.

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