Beech C90 accident near Fort Worth, Texas, October 12, 2025
On October 12, 2025 at about 6:34 pm local time, a 1977 Beech C90, registered N291CC, was destroyed in an accident during approach (VFR pattern final) near Fort Worth, Texas (Hicks Airfield). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 2 people were killed. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 12, 2025 · about 6:34 pm local time
- Place
- Fort Worth, Texas · Hicks Airfield · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 2 people were killed.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech C90, built 1977 · all C90s on the register
- Registration
- N291CC · registry record · serial LJ-728
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On October 12, 2025, about 1334 central daylight time, a Beech C90, N291CC, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas. The private pilot and pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14?Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) information, the airplane took off from Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW), Fort Worth, Texas, at 1203, proceeded in a northwesterly direction and performed several approaches to the Bowie Municipal Airport (0F2), Bowie, Texas. The airplane then flew in a southerly direction, performed one 360° right turn about 13 nautical miles south-southwest of 0F2, then flew south again. The airplane continued in a southerly direction until about 1325, when it turned left to a southeasterly direction and remained on that heading until about 1333. About that time, when the flight was about 3.8 nautical miles northwest of Hicks Airfield (T67), Fort Worth, Texas, the airplane turned right and began flying in a south-southeasterly direction toward T67. A pilot who was based at T67 and flying at the time of the accident, reported a radio transmission on the T67 common traffic advisory frequency, which was consistent with the accident airplane, on a 5-mile final approach to T67. She did not hear any further transmissions from the accident airplane, which continued the south-southeasterly heading toward T67. At 1333:34, when the flight was about 1.3 nautical miles northwest from the approach end of runway 14 at T67, the airplane turned left and began flying in a northerly direction. A video camera located about .25 nautical mile south of the accident site recorded the airplane flying low, above powerlines while in a slight left bank with the landing gear extended. The airplane continued on the northerly direction and began descending. The left bank angle increased and exceeded 90° before the airplane went out of view behind trees/bushes. ADS-B data showed that the airplane flew over a commercial building immediately adjacent to the accident site where several videos depicted the airplane impacting the ground while inverted and in a left wing low attitude. The airplane then impacted numerous parked, unoccupied commercial vehicles with an immediate explosion and extensive postcrash fire which consumed nearly the entire airplane. The remains of the wreckage, which included both engines and propellers, were recovered and retained for further examination.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Abrupt maneuver during approach (VFR pattern final) defining event
- Loss of control in flight
- Collision with terrain or object (not controlled flight into terrain) during uncontrolled descent
- Fire/smoke (post-impact) during post (impact)
- Explosion (post-impact) during post (impact)
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 13,059 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, September 8, 2025
- Maximum gross weight: 10,500 lb
- Seats: 8
- Landing gear: retractable
- Fire on the ground
The flight
- Departed from: AFW Fort Worth TX at 5:03 pm
- Runway 14, 3,740 ft by 60 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 25,000 ft
- Temperature: 90°F (32°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter: 29.80 inHg
- Observation at 1:53 pm from KAFW, 6 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KAFW 121853Z 18015KT 10SM FEW250 32/12 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP077 T03220117 $
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Other NTSB records under N291CC the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ERA26FA010.