Piston Beechcraft Accidents August 7 – August 13, 2025
Official information from FAA and NTSB sources (unless otherwise noted). Editorial comments (contained in parentheses), year-to-date summary and closing comments are those of the author. All information is preliminary and subject to change. Comments are meant solely to enhance flying safety. Please use these reports to help you more accurately evaluate the potential risks when you make your own decisions about how and when to fly.
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From unofficial sources
7/24 0250 local (2150 local Wednesday evening 7/23): The Aviation Safety Network reports a Be35:
…sustained substantial damage when it impacted a building during an attempted go-around from runway 17 (2989 x 75 ft) at Helena Regional Airport (HLN/KHLN), Helena, Montana. The pilot was not injured, and passenger received minor injuries.
N5204C (D-2549) is a 1950 B35.
(“Go-around/collision with obstruction”; “Night”)
8/5 (time not reported, Tuesday): During a dual instructional flight, a Be36 landed gear up at Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo Uruguay. The pilot and instructor were unhurt; airplane damage is “minor.” The Aviation Safety Network reports:
The Bonanza was performing a training flight when the pilots reported landing gear malfunctions, performing a wheels-up landing at Carrasco International Airport RWY25. There were no injuries on both the crew and people on the ground.
N4970M (E-1277) is a 1978 A36.
(“Gear up landing/mechanical failure”)
8/8 0825Z (0825 local Friday morning): The Aviation Safety Network reports a Be36:
…was involved in an incident during takeoff from runway 27 at Norwich Airport (NWI) [United Kingdom]. The airport stated that the aircraft had developed “a small fire in its engine on takeoff.” A photo of the incident appears to suggest it landed gear up on the runway.
No one was hurt despite “substantial” airplane damage. N5073C (EA-667) is a 2001 B36TC.
(“Engine fire during takeoff/abort/gear up landing”; “Substantial damage”)
8/9 (time not reported, Friday): A Be35’s pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear during the landing roll at Burlington airport, Ontario Canada. The pilot was not hurt and airplane damage is “minor.” C-FOUH (D-2649) is a 1950 B35.
(“Inadvertent gear retraction during landing”)
New reports this week
8/6 1500Z (1000 local Wednesday morning): A Be33 “veered off the runway during departure and struck [a] hay stack” at Kingston, Tennessee. The two aboard were unhurt and airplane damage is “unknown.” N500HT (CD-909) is a 1965 35-C33.
(“Loss of directional control during takeoff”)
8/9 1430Z (0930 local Friday morning): A Be35 landed gear up at Lowell, Michigan. The solo pilot was unhurt; airplane damage is “unknown.” N861T (D-7505) is a 1964 S35.
(“Gear up landing”)
8/9 1700Z (1200 local Saturday noon): A Be35’s “main landing gear collapsed” during landing at Shell Knob, Missouri. Both persons aboard were uninjured. Airplane damage is “unknown.” N5720K (D-7520) is a 1964 S35.
(“Gear collapse during landing”)
8/10 2129Z (1529 local Sunday afternoon): A Be36 “landed short of the runway” at Ft. Collins, Colorado, “striking a [runway] threshold light” resulting in “minor” airplane damage. The solo pilot was unhurt. N1541W (E-327) is a 1972 A36.
(“Landed short”)
New NTSB reports this week
There are no newly posted piston Beech NTSB reports this week.
2025 SUMMARY
Reported Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2025
Total reported: 88 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 46 reports
Operation in IMC: 4 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 39 reports
Operation at night: 6 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 4 reports
Fatal accidents: 9 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 16 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 17 reports
BONANZA/BARON Series: 78 reports
By Aircraft Type
Be36 Bonanza 26 reports
Be35 Bonanza 23 reports
Be55 Baron 12 reports
Be33 Debonair/Bonanza 8 reports
Be58 Baron 6 reports
Be95 Travel Air 3 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 37 reports
Operation in IMC: 4 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 36 reports
Operation at night: 5 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 4 reports
Fatal accidents: 9 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 13 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 17 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 13 reports
Engine failure 6 reports
Engine failure in flight/oil loss 2 reports (both Be36s)
Engine failure in flight 1 report (Be35)
Engine failure immediately after takeoff 1 report (Be36)
Fuel starvation 1 report (Be55)
Partial power loss/off-airport landing 1 report (Be36)
Impact during/immediately after takeoff 2 reports
Loss of control/IFR departure 1 report (Be36)
Loss of control in flight/door open after takeoff 1 report (Be55)
Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT) 2 reports
Controlled Flight into Terrain/thunderstorms 1 report (Be58)
Controlled flight into terrain/mountains 1 report (Be35)
Impact during landing
Loss of directional control/visual landing 1 report (Be55)
Unknown
Takeoff/unknown 1 report (Be35)
Crash/unknown 1 report (Be33)
OTHER EVENTS 65 reports
Landing gear related mishaps 25 reports
Gear collapse during landing 13 reports (Be33; Be35; two Be36s; two Be55s; two Be58s; Be95)
Gear up landing 10 reports (four Be35s; Be33; four Be36s; Be58)
Gear up landing/mechanical failure 2 reports (Be36; Be95)
Nose wheel separation during landing 1 report (Be33)
Inadvertent gear retraction on the ground/touch and go 1 report (Be35)
Gear collapse during takeoff 1 report (Be55)
Gear up landing/electrical failure 1 report (Be55)
Inadvertent gear retraction during landing 1 report (Be35)
Engine failure 19 reports
Engine failure in flight 7 reports (Be33; five Be35s; Be36)
Engine failure during/immediately after takeoff 4 reports (Be33; two Be36s; Be55)
Engine failure shortly after takeoff/catastrophic failure 1 report (Be36)
Partial power loss immediately after takeoff
Dual partial power loss/off-airport landing 1 report (Be58)
Engine failure in flight/oil loss 1 report (Be36)
Propeller separation in flight 1 report (Be55)
Engine failure during landing 1 report (Be36)
Engine failure during approach/landing 1 report (Be35)
Engine fire during takeoff/abort/gear up landing 1 report (Be36)
Impact during landing 6 reports
Landed short 2 reports (both Be36s)
Runway overrun 1 report (Be58)
Loss of directional control during landing 1 report (Be95)
Propeller strike during landing 1 report (Be55)
Go-around/collision with obstruction 1 report (Be35)
Impact during takeoff 5 reports
Aborted takeoff/runway overrun 1 report (Be55)
Loss of directional control during takeoff 1 report (Be33)
Loss of directional control during takeoff/contaminated runway 1 report (Be35)
Collision with obstacles during takeoff 1 report (Be35)
Collision with obstacles/trees at the end of the runway 1 report (Be36)
Miscellaneous
Taxi into object 1 report (Be36)
Door open after takeoff/descent into terrain 1 report (Be36)
Bird strike 1 report (Be55)
Taxi into object/other aircraft 1 report (Be36)
Takeoff with tow bar attached 1 report (Be35)
BEECH AERO CLUB Series: 10 reports
By Aircraft Type
Be19 Sport 3 reports
Be76 Duchess 2 reports
Be24 Sierra 2 reports
Be23 Musketeer/Sundowner 2 reports
Be77 Skipper 1 report
Environment
Operation in VMC: 7 reports
Operation in IMC: 0 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 3 reports
Operation at night: 0 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 0 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 3 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 0 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 0 reports
OTHER EVENTS 10 reports
Impact during landing 4 reports
Loss of directional control during landing 3 reports (two Be19s; Be77)
Hard landing 1 report (Be76)
Engine failure 3 reports
Engine failure during/immediately after takeoff 2 reports (Be19; Be24)
Engine failure in flight 1 report (Be24)
Landing gear related mishaps
Gear up landing 1 report (Be76)
Impact during takeoff
Loss of directional control during takeoff 1 report (Be23)
Unknown cause
Off-airport landing/reasons unknown 1 report (Be23)
MISCELLANEOUS Models: 1 report
Be45 Mentor/T-34 1 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 1 report
Operation in IMC: 0 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 0 reports
Operation at night: 0 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 0 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 0 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 0 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 0 reports
OTHER EVENTS 1 report
Landing gear related mishaps
Gear up landing 1 report (Be45)
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