# Accident 20250125003049A: Beech V35B, Charlottsville, VA, January 25, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2025, 12:35 local time
- Place: Charlottsville, VA
- Airport: Charlottsville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0967° N, 78.4542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0967&lon=-78.4542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2UZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2UZ-2025-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,165 total, 1,438 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250125003049A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GLIDE TO KCHO AIRPORT. PILOT TRIED TO LAND IN A FIELD, BUT IMPACTED TREES AT THE FIELD'S END, CAUSING POST CRASH FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA103), Jan 25, 2025: Beech V35B (N2UZ), Charlottesville, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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