Geisz Gilbert A LANCAIR 360 accident near Cross City, FL

On October 20, 2024, a Geisz Gilbert A LANCAIR 360 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cross City, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.

Date

October 20, 2024

Place

Cross City, FL

Aircraft

Geisz Gilbert A LANCAIR 360 · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Substantial

Position

29.643°N, 83.098°W

NTSB ID

20241021195350

Official records · ERA25FA020

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• ATC - Certified Audio Recordings: Recording (ZIP), on ntsb.gov
• FAA Air Traffic Control Aircraft Accident Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC - Mandatory Occurrence Reports: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC - Aircraft Accident-Incident Report 8020-9r: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

On October 20, 2024, about 1600 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Lancair 360, N510G, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Cross City, Florida. The commercial pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot had filed an instrument flight rules flight plan from Atmore Municipal Airport (0R1), Atmore, Alabama to Cross City Airport (CTY), Cross City, Florida. The pilot reported in his flight plan an estimated time enroute time of 2 hours, and that there were 4 hours of fuel aboard the airplane. Review of preliminary Federal Aviation Administration Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data revealed that the airplane departed 0R1 about 1430. At 1520, while in contact with Tallahassee approach control, the airplane’s ADS-B track and radio contact with the pilot were lost. The air traffic controllers made multiple attempts to re-establish communication including identifying turns, instructions to “squawk IDENT,” and transmitting on the VHF emergency frequency, with no response from the accident airplane. As the airplane left the Tallahassee approach control area it was handed off to Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), who also attempted to contact the pilot with no response. Jacksonville ARTCC continued to track the airplane as a primary radar target until radar contact was lost about 24 miles from CTY. Another pilot, who was flying into CTY about the time of the accident, reported that he heard the acciden

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.