# Accident 20250808010369A: Beech A36, Palestine, WV, August 8, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2025, 17:55 local time
- Place: Palestine, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9193° N, 81.3370° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9193&lon=-81.3370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60357, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,323 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250808010369A

## Narrative

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

STARTING DECENT TO CKB PIC ENCOUNTERED ENGINE FAILURE, TRIED TO RE-START WITH NO SUCCESS. PIC WAS VECTORED TO ALTERNATE AIRFIELD BUT COULD NOT MAKE IT. PERFORMED OFF FIELD LANDING WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED (PIC PLUS 3 PAX). AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO L/H WING.

AT THIS TIME FAA 9 AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY INDICATE NO REGULATORY NONCOMPLIANCE.

FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY NTSB WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO IDENTIFY PROBABLE CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 ERA25LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA307), Aug 8, 2025: Beech A36 (N60357), Wirt County, WV, 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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