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Three killed in Beech 58P crash near Williston, Florida

The National Transportation Safety Board accident record lists three fatalities in the October 5 crash; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:26 a.m. ET
people were killed when a crashed near Williston, Florida, on October 5, 2025, at about 8:10 p.m. local time, according to the National Transportation Safety Board accident record. The investigation is open and developing. The accident record lists people on board and fatalities, and states that the aircraft was destroyed. It classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight and identifies the aircraft as a registered . The cause has not been determined. The NTSB is investigating. Aircraft registry records describe as a twin-engine piston landplane, serial number TJ-62, with Continental TSIO-520 series engines, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as Tmof Llc; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. No source material could be located describing an aviation organisation of that name near Williston, so nothing further about the entity can be reported. Geographic reference data places Williston in Levy County, Florida, at a settlement terrain elevation of 85 feet, and 2.8 miles NNE of Williston Municipal Airport (KX60). Weather observed at Ocala International Airport – Jim Taylor Field (KOCF), 20.1 miles away and 19 minutes from the reported time, recorded wind from 60 degrees at 5 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies and 77°F. That is an instrument reading at a nearby field and is not a stated cause or contributing factor. The NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 12 other cases involving the , of which 4 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 Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.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
N121GJ
Type
Beech 58P — twin-engine piston landplane
Engines
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
Registered owner
Tmof LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
85 ft
Nearest aerodrome
2.8 miles NNE of Williston Municipal Airport (KX60)

Sources

No sources recorded.

Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:26current

    Corrected the bearing between Williston and Williston Municipal Airport (KX60) to match the geographic reference data (2.8 miles NNE) and clarified that the 85 ft elevation is that of the settlement.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 20:24

    First published.

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