Piston Beechcraft Accidents June 13 – June 18, 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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New reports this week
6/14 1643Z (1243 local Saturday afternoon): The pilot of a Be58 and his passenger died, and the Baron was “destroyed,” when it “crashed under unknown circumstances in a wooded area” at Tabor City, North Carolina. N82UC (TH-276) was a 1972 Baron 58.
(“Crash/unknown”; “Fatal”; “Airplane destroyed”: “IMC”—the Aviation Safety Network adds:
The airplane departed Spartanburg Downtown Airport (SPA/KSPA), Spartanburg, South Carolina, at 11:29 LT, on a flight to the Grand Strand Airport (CRE/KCRE), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. At 12:38 (16:38 UTC), the pilot abandoned the approach to runway 23 at CRE and conducted a course reversal. It went down almost 5 minutes later.
Weather at KCRE included extremely gusty surface winds and thunderstorms that began 14 minutes before the crash:
KCRE 141630Z 21017G25KT 10SM TS FEW035 FEW065 SCT090 29/26 A3009 RMK AO1 LTG DSNT SW-N TSB24T02890261
KCRE 141640Z 24020G30KT 1 1/2SM +TSRA BR FEW010 SCT021 BKN050 27/26 A3010 RMK AO1 PK WND 22030/1633 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAB36 TSB24 PRESRR P0012 T02720256
KCRE 141644Z 24014G27KT 3/4SM +TSRA BR FEW008 BKN018 BKN050 27/26 A3011 RMK AO1 PK WND 22030/1633 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAB36 TSB24 PRESRR P0024 T02670256
KCRE 141649Z 21018G37KT 1/4SM +TSRA FG FEW006 BKN013 BKN029 24/24 A3011 RMK AO1 PK WND 22037/1645 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAB36 TSB24 PRESRR P0053 )
New NTSB reports this week
5/16 partial power loss immediately after takeoff at Houston, Texas. From the report:
A Beech F33A was destroyed in an accident near Houston, Texas. The pilot was not injured.
The pilot reported that the engine seemed to perform normally during takeoff. However, shortly afterward, the engine speed dropped abruptly from about 2,780 rpm to less than 2,000 rpm. The pilot was unable to maintain altitude, and he executed a forced landing to a wooded area southeast of the airport.
The airplane came to rest upright about 0.50-mile southeast of the departure end of the runway. After exiting the airplane, the pilot noticed a small fire near the outboard portion of the left wing. Unfortunately, the fire spread and consumed most of the airframe before it could be extinguished.
The extent of the post-impact fire damage will preclude an examination of the airframe fuel system. An engine examination is planned once the airplane has been recovered from the accident site.
(Change “Crash/unknown” to “Partial power loss immediately after takeoff” and remove “Fatal,” which was initially reported).
2025 SUMMARY
Reported Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2025
Total reported: 58 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 33 reports
Operation in IMC: 4 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 22 reports
Operation at night: 4 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 2 reports
Fatal accidents: 6 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 12 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 10 reports
BONANZA/BARON Series: 49 reports
By Aircraft Type
Be36 Bonanza 20 reports
Be35 Bonanza 10 reports
Be55 Baron 7 reports
Be58 Baron 5 reports
Be33 Debonair/Bonanza 4 reports
Be95 Travel Air 3 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 24 reports
Operation in IMC: 4 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 21 reports
Operation at night: 3 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 2 reports
Fatal accidents: 6 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 9 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 10 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 8 reports
Engine failure 5 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)
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)
Miscellaneous
Crash/unknown 1 report (Be58)
OTHER EVENTS 41 reports
Landing gear related mishaps 17 reports
Gear collapse during landing 10 reports (three Be35s; two Be36s; two Be55s; two Be58s; Be95)
Gear up landing 6 reports (two Be35s; Be33; three Be36s)
Nose wheel separation during landing 1 report (Be33)
Inadvertent gear retraction on the ground/touch and go 1 report (Be35)
Gear up landing/mechanical failure 1 report (Be95)
Engine failure 12 reports
Engine failure in flight 4 reports (Be33; two Be35s; Be36)
Engine failure during/immediately after takeoff 2 reports (both Be36s)
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)
Impact during landing 3 reports
Runway overrun 1 report (Be58)
Landed short 1 report (Be36)
Loss of directional control during landing 1 report (Be95)
Impact during takeoff
Aborted takeoff/runway overrun 1 report (Be55)
Loss of directional control during takeoff/contaminated runway 1 report (Be35)
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)
Crash/unknown 1 report (Be36)
BEECH AERO CLUB Series: 9 reports
By Aircraft Type
Be19 Sport 3 reports
Be76 Duchess 2 reports
Be24 Sierra 2 reports
Be23 Musketeer/Sundowner 1 report
Be77 Skipper 1 report
Environment
Operation in VMC: 7 reports
Operation in IMC: 0 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 2 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 9 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)
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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