Comp Air CA6-WB accident near Nicholasville, KY
On June 20, 2026, a Comp Air CA6-WB (airplane) was involved in an accident near Nicholasville, KY. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 20, 2026
- Place
- Nicholasville, KY
- Aircraft
- Comp Air CA6-WB · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.909°N, 84.607°W
- NTSB ID
- 20260620203202
NTSB summary
On June 20, 2026, about 0846 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Comp Air CA6-WB, N82BT, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Nicholasville, Kentucky. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Recorded ADS-B data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) showed that the airplane departed from Lexington, Kentucky (LEX), runway 27 at about 0840:00, made a climbing left turn toward the southeast and ascended to an altitude of about 4,500 ft mean sea level (msl). At 0844:57, the data showed that the airplane began a descent, and its groundspeed steadily increased, until ADS-B contact was lost, about 1 nautical mile north of the accident location at 0845:23. Review of radio communications between the pilot, Lexington Tower and Terminal Radar Approach Control revealed that about 1 minute after departure, the pilot established radio communications with Terminal Radar Approach Control and requested flight-following services. At 0845:23, the controller stated radar contact was lost, and despite multiple attempts, no response from the pilot was received. Figure 1: ADS-B Flight Path A flight log recovered from the accident site identified Gwinnett County Airport–Briscoe Field (LZU), Lawrenceville, Georgia, as the intended destination for the flight segment, with subsequent waypoints continuing to Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport (FHB), Fernandina Beach, Florida. According to witness video and audio captured by a doorbell camera near the acci
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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.
