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One dead in Beech A36 crash near Sabine Pass, Texas

The National Transportation Safety Board accident record lists one person aboard and one fatality in the January 8 crash; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 11:01 a.m. ET
One person was killed when a crashed near Sabine Pass, Texas, on January 8, 2026, at about 8:31 p.m. local time, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The record lists one person aboard and one fatality. The event is developing and the NTSB investigation is open. The accident record identifies the aircraft as , states that it sustained substantial damage, and classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight. The cause has not been determined. Aircraft registry records list as a , a single-engine piston landplane with a Continental Motors IO-550 series engine, serial number E-2797, built in 1993 and 33 years old at the time of the crash. The registry lists the registered owner as A36 Bo LLC; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. No business-registry, regulator, directory or trade records for an organisation of that name could be located, so nothing about its nature or operations can be reported. Geographic reference data places Sabine Pass in Jefferson County, Texas, at a terrain elevation of 3 feet — an elevation for the settlement, not for the accident site — 1.6 miles east-southeast of Texas Menhaden Strip (XS76) and 17 miles north-northwest of Jack Brooks Regional Airport (KBPT). Weather observations recorded at Jack Brooks Regional Airport, 16.8 miles away and 22 minutes from the reported time, showed wind from 170 degrees at 8 knots, visibility 8 statute miles, few clouds at 2,400 feet and a temperature of 71°F. The NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 182 other cases involving the , of which 59 involved a fatality. That count is a matter of record 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 Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.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
N5677X
Type
Beech A36 — single-engine piston landplane
Engines
CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
Built
1993-01-01 (33 years old)
Registered owner
A36 Bo LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
3 ft
Nearest aerodrome
1.6 miles WNW of Texas Menhaden Strip (XS76)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 15:01current

    Corrected the stated bearings between Sabine Pass and the nearby aerodromes and clarified that the 3 ft elevation is for the settlement, not the accident site.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 18:52

    First published.

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