Piston Beechcraft Accidents February 25 through March 4, 2026
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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2/26 2310Z (1610 local Thursday afternoon): A Be36 was landing at Durango, Colorado, when it “experienced a crosswind resulting in a runway excursion.” The two aboard the turbocharged Bonanza escaped injury despite “substantial” airplane damage. N2251Q (EA-604) is a 1997 B36TC.
(“Loss of directional control during landing”; “Substantial damage”)
3/1 0059Z (1659 local Sunday afternoon): During a multiengine instructional flight in a Be76 the instructor was presenting “a simulated single-engine landing” when the Duchess “veered off [the] runway into a hangar” at Snohomish, Washington. The two aboard were unhurt but the airplane suffered “substantial” damage. N1850N (ME-429) is a 1981 Beech 76.
(“Loss of directional control on landing/simulated single-engine landing”; “Substantial” damage”—the Aviation Safety Network adds:
A second airplane inside the hangar was damaged. ADS-B data indicates the airplane was landing on runway 33R when it veered to off to right. Winds at the time were from 340° at 7 knots.)
3/3 2300Z (1500 local Tuesday afternoon): A Be24 “landed gear up and veered off [the] runway” at Hayward, California. The two aboard the Sierra were not hurt and damage is “minor.” N9721L (MC-100) is a 1972 A24R.
(“Gear up landing”)
NTSB Preliminary Reports
2/12 Beech Sundowner loss of directional control during landing at Knoxville, Tennessee. Add “Substantial damage.”
2026 SUMMARY
Reported Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2026
Total reported: 21 reports
BONANZA/BARON Series: 17 reports
By Model
Be35 Bonanza 6 reports
Be36 Bonanza 6 reports
Be58 Baron 3 reports
Be33 Debonair/Bonanza 2 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 12 reports
Operation in IMC: 1 report
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 4 reports
Operation at night: 0 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 2 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 7 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 0 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 2 reports
Loss of control in flight (LOC-I)
Loss of control in IMC 1 report (Be36)
Engine failure 1 report (Be36)
Catastrophic engine failure in flight 1 report (Be36)
OTHER EVENTS 15 reports
Landing gear related mishaps 6 reports
Gear collapse during landing 4 reports (Be33, two Be36, Be58)
Gear collapse during landing/electrical failure in flight 1 report (Be35)
Gear up landing 1 report (Be35)
Engine failure 4 reports
Engine failure in flight 2 reports (Be33; Be36)
Engine failure immediately after takeoff 1 report (Be35)
Propeller separation in flight 1 report (Be58)
Impact during landing 3 reports
Runway overrun 1 report (Be58)
Collision with an airplane that pulled on onto runway 1 report (Be35)
Loss of directional control during landing 1 report (Be36)
Impact during takeoff 2 reports
Stall immediately after takeoff 1 report (Be35)
Takeoff/unknown 1 report (Be35)
BEECH AERO CLUB Series: 4 reports
Skipper, Musketeer, Sundowner, Sierra, Duchess
By Model
Be19 Sport 1 report
Be23 Musketeer, Sundowner 1 report
Be24 Sierra 1 report
Be76 Duchess 1 report
Environment
Operation in VMC: 3 reports
Operation in IMC: 0 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 1 report
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
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 0 reports
OTHER EVENTS 4 reports
Impact during landing 3 reports
Loss of directional control during landing 1 report (Be23)
Loss of directional control during landing/Simulated single-engine landing 1 report (Be76)
Hard landing 1 report (Be19)
Landing gear related mishaps
Gear up landing 1 report (Be24)
MISCELLANEOUS Models: 0 reports
Staggerwing, Twin Beech, Twin Bonanza, Queen Air
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