Piper PA28 N207AB accident near Merritt Island, Florida, October 5, 2024
Piper PA28, registration N207AB, operated by COCO AIRCRAFT INC, was involved in an accident near Merritt Island, Florida on October 5, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case ERA25LA035 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 2 minutes of the flight after departing the Cocoa/Merritt Isl Arpt area (KCOI), reaching a maximum of 525 ft. The last recorded position was at 18:46 UTC, at 175 ft and 99 knots, descending at 640 feet per minute, about 1 km from Cocoa/Merritt Isl Arpt (KCOI).
The nearest weather report, from KCOF (13 km away), showed wind 70° at 4 knots, visibility 5 miles, no ceiling reported, weather: HZ (MVFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Piper PA-28-161 registered in United States (Mode S A1AC06).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- October 5, 2024
- Location
- Merritt Island, Florida
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28
- Registration
- N207AB
- Operator
- COCO AIRCRAFT INC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- ERA25LA035 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Cocoa/Merritt Isl Arpt (KCOI)
- Nearest airport
- Cocoa/Merritt Isl Arpt (KCOI)
- Recorded flight
- 2 min, max 525 ft
- Last recorded position
- 18:46 UTC, 175 ft, 99 kt
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Sources: NTSB case ERA25LA035; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.