Piper PA-28-181 N686JA accident near Inverness Highlands South, Florida, August 7, 2025
Piper PA-28-181, registration N686JA, operated by HOT WINGS AVIATION LLC, was involved in an accident near Inverness Highlands South, Florida on August 7, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case ERA25LA293 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 36 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 1,800 ft. The last recorded position was at 16:54 UTC, at 25 ft and 70 knots, descending at 640 feet per minute, about 1 km from Inverness Arpt (KINF).
The nearest weather report, from KINF (1 km away), showed wind 150° at 3 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Piper PA-28-181 registered in United States (Mode S A91A4A).
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
- August 7, 2025
- Location
- Inverness Highlands South, Florida
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-181
- Registration
- N686JA
- Operator
- HOT WINGS AVIATION LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- ERA25LA293 (Completed)
- Nearest airport
- Inverness Arpt (KINF)
- Recorded flight
- 36 min, max 1,800 ft
- Last recorded position
- 16:54 UTC, 25 ft, 70 kt
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Sources: NTSB case ERA25LA293; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.