Piper PA-28-181 N686JA

Summary

On 7 August 2025 at about 16:55 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N686JA was involved in an accident near Inverness Highlands South, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 August 2025 at 16:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Inverness Highlands South, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Inverness (INF)

Coordinates

28.8026, -82.3186

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N686JA

Category

Airplane

Year built

2022

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Apopka → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA293

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate monitoring of the airplane during taxi which resulted in collision with a sign.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was practicing touch-and-go landings at different airports. After his second landing at the airport, he was taxing back to the runway for departure to a different airport. During the taxi, he was looking down at his tablet computer, loading in a new route, when the airplane ran off the paved surface and into a sign. The collision resulted in substantial damage to the underside of the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.