# Accident 20250813011779A: Beech M35, Des Moines, NM, August 13, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2025, 23:00 local time
- Place: Des Moines, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7137° N, 103.8943° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7137&lon=-103.8943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N951T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N951T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-N (registry code 17358, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250813011779A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/13/2025 A BEECHCRAFT BE35 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A PERSONAL PART 91 FLIGHT FROM PUEBLO COLORADO HEADED FOR UVALDE TEXAS.  THE FLIGHT WAS NIGHT VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AROUND 22:15 LOCAL TIME AND ENDED UP CRUISING ON A SOUTH SOUTH-EAST HEADING AT APPROXIMATELY 8000 FEET.  THE HEADING PATH LEAD DIRECTLY TO SIERRA GRANDE MOUNTAIN WHOSE PEAK IS 8700 FEET OF ELEVATION.  ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL LIGHTED RADIO TOWERS AT THE PEAK.  PRIOR TO REACHING THE PEAK THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO THE WEST.   ABOUT 1.5 MILES WEST NORTH-WEST OF THE PEAK SIERRA GRANDE MOUNTAIN, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AT ABOUT 7800 FEET ALTITUDE.  THE IMPACT AND POST-CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.  BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.  JRK

ON 8/16/2025 NTSB, FAA, AND MANUFACTURERS' REPRESENTATIVES TRAVELED TO ACCIDENT SITE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING ON A WESTERLY HEADING WHEN IT IMPACTED RISING TERRAIN.  THE RIGHT WING WAS FOUND WRAPPED AROUND A TREE ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED 180 DEGREES AND COLLIDED WITH ROCKY WOODED RISING TERRAIN LEAVING A WRECKAGE DEBRIS PATH OF ABOUT 200 FEET.  THE PROPELLER EXHIBITED ROTATIONAL SIGNATURES THAT WERE CONSISENT WITH AN ENGINE UNDER POWER WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN.  A POST-CRASH FIRE DESTROYED MOST OF 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 WPR25FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA256), Aug 14, 2025: Beech M35 (N951T), Des Moines, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N951T (1)

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

- [Incident 20120414005399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120414005399I), Apr 14, 2012: Beech M35 (N951T), Erie, CO, Minor damage. On 04/14/2012, at approximately 14:45 MST, N951T, a Beechcraft model M35 bonanza sustained minor damage following a gear-up landing at Erie (keik) airport,…

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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