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Two Killed in Cessna 172N Crash Near New Orleans

The accident record lists two people on board and two fatalities in the November 25 crash; the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:07 a.m. ET
people aboard a were killed when the aircraft crashed near New Orleans, Louisiana, at about 12:24 a.m. local time on November 25, 2025, according to the accident record. The record lists people on board and fatalities, and states that the aircraft was destroyed. This remains a developing event and details may change. The accident record identifies the aircraft as a registered , names the operator as , and 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 list as a single-engine piston landplane with a Lycoming O-320 series engine, serial number 17271343, built in 1978 and 47 years old at the time of the crash. The registry lists the registered owner as Carastro Enterprises LLC; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. Weather observations recorded at Lakefront Airport (KNEW), 6.5 miles away and 29 minutes from the reported time, showed wind from 160 degrees at 12 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies and a temperature of 73°F. That is an instrument reading at a nearby field and not a statement about what happened. Geographic reference data places New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, with a settlement elevation of 10 feet, about 6.5 miles south-southwest of Lakefront Airport and 7.0 miles north-northwest of Southern Seaplane Airport; the reference data locates the city, not the accident site. As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 216 other cases involving the , of which 36 involved a fatality. That is a count, not a safety rate, and it says nothing about the cause of this accident. The investigation remains open.

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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 Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.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
N80FP
Type
Cessna 172N — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
Built
1978-01-01 (47 years old)
Registered owner
Carastro Enterprises LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
10 ft
Nearest aerodrome
6.5 miles SSW of Lakefront Airport (KNEW/NEW)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:07current

    Clarified that the geographic reference data locates the city of New Orleans rather than the accident site, and that the KNEW weather observation is an instrument reading; minor wording tightened.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 19:19

    First published.

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