Piper Aircraft PA46R-350T N179ST accident near Folkston, Georgia, April 10, 2025
Piper Aircraft PA46R-350T, registration N179ST, operated by NICOLE BUSINESS GROUP LLC, was involved in an accident near Folkston, Georgia on April 10, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as serious, with 3 people on board. Case ERA25LA172 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 81 minutes of the flight after departing the Cornelia/Habersham Cnty area (KAJR), reaching a maximum of 9,850 ft. The last recorded position was at 20:01 UTC, at 1,925 ft and 160 knots, descending at 576 feet per minute, about 51 km from Jacksonville Intl (KJAX).
The nearest weather report, from KJAX (51 km away), showed wind 90° at 9 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 9,000 ft (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Piper PA46R-350T registered in United States (Mode S A13C3E).
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
- April 10, 2025
- Location
- Folkston, Georgia
- Aircraft
- Piper Aircraft PA46R-350T
- Registration
- N179ST
- Operator
- NICOLE BUSINESS GROUP LLC
- Injuries
- Serious (3 on board)
- NTSB case
- ERA25LA172 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Cornelia/Habersham Cnty (KAJR)
- Nearest airport
- Jacksonville Intl (KJAX)
- Recorded flight
- 81 min, max 9,850 ft
- Last recorded position
- 20:01 UTC, 1,925 ft, 160 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.
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Sources: NTSB case ERA25LA172; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.