Piston Beechcraft Accidents February 6 – February 12, 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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The 2024 Year-End Report is unchanged from last week.
New reports this week
2/6 0049Z (1849 local Wednesday evening 2/5): A Be58 received “substantial” damage, but the solo pilot escaped with “minor” injuries, when the Baron “crashed under unknown circumstances in a wooded area” at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. N138TL (TJ-362) is a 1981 58P.
(“Crash/unknown”; “Substantial damage”; “Night”—local news reports:
The plane was scheduled to land at Grider Field Airport [Pine Bluff, KPBF] and missed its scheduled arrival time…. [Local officials] later received a phone call from a person stating he was the pilot of the plane and had crashed. Police were able to locate the pilot and his plane at around 8 p.m. No serious injuries were reported and officials confirmed the pilot was the only person on the plane. )
2/9 1754Z (1254 local Sunday afternoon): A Be36’s nose gear collapsed during landing at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The three aboard escaped injury despite “substantial” airplane damage. N129RJ (E-1752) is a 1980 A36.
(“Nose gear collapse during landing”; “Substantial damage”)
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: 14 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 5 reports
Operation in IMC: 2 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 7 reports
Operation at night: 3 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 1 report
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 4 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 2 reports
BONANZA/BARON Series: 13 reports
By Aircraft Type
Be36 Bonanza 5 reports
Be35 Bonanza 3 reports
Be58 Baron 3 reports
Be33 Debonair/Bonanza 1 report
Be95 Travel Air. 1 report
Environment
Operation in VMC: 4 reports
Operation in IMC: 2 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 7 reports
Operation at night: 3 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 1 report
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 4 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 2 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 1 report
Engine failure
Engine failure in flight 1 report (Be35)
OTHER EVENTS 12 reports
Landing gear related mishaps 5 reports
Nose gear collapse during landing 4 reports (Be35; Be36; Be58; Be95)
Nose wheel separation during landing 1 report (Be33)
Engine failure 4 reports
Engine failure in flight 2 reports (Be35; Be36)
Engine failure during/immediately after takeoff 2 reports (both Be36s)
Impact during landing
Runway overrun 1 report (Be58)
Miscellaneous
Taxi into object 1 report (Be36)
Crash/unknown 1 report (Be58)
BEECH AERO CLUB Series: 0 reports
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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