Vulcanair S P A VULCANAIR V1.0 N186DS accident near Cheswold, Delaware, February 7, 2025
Vulcanair S P A VULCANAIR V1.0, registration N186DS, was involved in an accident near Cheswold, Delaware on February 7, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as minor, with 2 people on board. Case ERA25LA113 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 45 minutes of the flight after departing the Ocean City Muni area (KOXB), reaching a maximum of 1,350 ft. The last recorded position was at 03:31 UTC, at 75 ft and 77 knots, descending at 512 feet per minute, about 3 km from Dover/Cheswold Arpk (K33N).
The nearest weather report, from K33N (3 km away), showed wind 10° at 5 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
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
- February 7, 2025
- Location
- Cheswold, Delaware
- Aircraft
- Vulcanair S P A VULCANAIR V1.0
- Registration
- N186DS
- Injuries
- Minor (2 on board)
- NTSB case
- ERA25LA113 (In work)
- Departure area
- Ocean City Muni (KOXB)
- Nearest airport
- Dover/Cheswold Arpk (K33N)
- Recorded flight
- 45 min, max 1,350 ft
- Last recorded position
- 03:31 UTC, 75 ft, 77 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
Sources: NTSB case ERA25LA113; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.