# Accident 20250806011259A: Beech 35-C33, Kingston, TN, August 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2025, 11:20 local time
- Place: Kingston, TN
- Airport: Meadowlake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8233° N, 84.5389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8233&lon=-84.5389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500HT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500HT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-C33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 491 total, 390 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250806011259A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), OPERATING A BEECHCRAFT DEBONAIR BE-35-C33 WITH 1 PASSENGER ON BOARD, EXPERIENCED AN ABRUPT HARD VEER TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON 08/06/2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:20 Z (11:20 EDT).  THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH A LARGE HAY BALE ABOUT 35 FEET OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  PASSENGER REPORTED MINOR INJURY AND BOTH PIC AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA25LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA291), Aug 6, 2025: Beech 35-C33 (N500HT), Kingston, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with haybales.

## Other reports on N500HT (1)

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

- [Incident 20141226022409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141226022409I), Dec 26, 2014: Beech 35-C33 (N500HT), Granbury, TX, Minor damage. Performed on scene investigation on reported gear up landing on 12/26/2014 @ 19:43Z at 0TX1 for daily report application record event id 218109. On scene…

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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