# Accident 20250722010739A: Beech V35, Astoria, OR, July 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2025, 17:06 local time
- Place: Astoria, OR
- Airport: Astoria Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1579° N, 123.8239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1579&lon=-123.8239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3785Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3785Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 51 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250722010739A

## Narrative

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

7/21 OWNER AND INSTRUCTOR STOP TO FILL BOTH TANKS AND BEGIN LAST TRAINING FLIGHT OF THE DAY AT 20:23 FLYING APPROX 46 MINUTES BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE EVENING. 7/22 BEGIN 1ST TRAINING FLIGHT AT 13:02 FLYING APPROX 62 MINUTES. 7/22 2ND TRAINING FLIGHT OF APPROX 109 MINUTES. 7/22 3RD TRAINING FLIGHT 0F APPROX 50 MINUTES. 7/22 4TH TRAINING FLIGHT OF APPROX 30 MINUTES. DURING 4TH TRAINING FLIGHT ON BASE TO FINAL WHILE PILOT IS WEARING FOGGLES AND SAFETY PILOT/INSTRUCTOR IS OBSERVING, AIRCRAFT LOSES POWER, BEGINS TO SPUTTER. PILOT PUSHES MIXTURE TO FULL, BUT NO CHANGE IS OBSERVED. INSTRUCTOR TAKES CONTROL OF THROTTLE WHILE PILOT LOOKS FOR POTENTIAL LANDING AREAS. INSTRUCTOR REDUCES MIXTURE AND SELECTS LOW SPEED FUEL PUMP NO IMPROVEMENT OBSERVED. INSTRUCTOR INCREASES MIXTURE AND SELECTS HIGH SPEED FUEL PUMP. ENGINE CONTINUES TO LOSE POWER, FAILS. STALL WARN BEGINS TO ALERT. INSTRUCTOR TAKES COMMAND OF CONTROL WHEEL AND LANDS AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP IN DITCH AGAINST VEGETATION. PILOT TURNS FUEL TANK LEVER AND BATTERY MASTER SWITCHES TO OFF. PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR EXIT AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. DURING AFTER ACCIDENT INTERVIEWS THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR BOTH STATE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS AND REMAINING FUEL QUANTITY WAS NOT PERFORMED AS PART OF THE PREFLIGHT FOR THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS BY AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS THE RIGHT WING TANK WAS NOTED TO HAVE LESS THAN ONE GALLON OF FUEL REMAINING. THE FUEL TANK PLACARD INDICATES THE TANK HOLDS 3 GALLONS OF UNUSEABLE FUEL.

## 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 WPR25LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA228), Jul 23, 2025: Beech V35 (N3785Q), Astoria, OR, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N3785Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880601033809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880601033809I), Jun 1, 1988: Beech V35 (N3785Q), Helena, MT, Minor damage. Power failure on final. Off airport landing. Fuel selector on empty tank. Fuel in other tank. Faulty fuel gage.

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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