# Accident 20250716010639A: Beech K35, Sylacauga, AL, July 16, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2025, 14:02 local time
- Place: Sylacauga, AL
- Airport: Merkel Fld Sylacauga Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1729° N, 86.3226° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1729&lon=-86.3226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5353E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5353E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech K35 (registry code 1151524, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH K35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250716010639A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/16/2025 AT APPROXIMETLY 1902Z PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE TO ATC  AND ATC DIVERTED PILOT TO SYLAGUAGA AIRPORT (SCD).  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT DUE TO LOSS OF POWER AND STRUCK TREES  APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM END OF RUNWAY 9 AT SYLAGAUGA.

## 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 ERA25LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA269), Jul 16, 2025: Beech K35 (N5353E), Sylacauga, AL, substantial damage, 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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