# Accident 20250826011209A: Beech C35, Memphis, TX, August 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2025, 18:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6833° N, 100.7000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6833&lon=-100.7000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N655D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N655D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250826011209A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 26, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 CDT, A BEECHCRAFT C35 PERFORMED AN OFF-AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING 9.5 NM WEST OF MEMPHIS TX (F21) SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 91 CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, ABOVE AN UNDERCAST PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN RUGGED TERRAIN. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GRAND PRAIRIE TX (KGPM) ON AUGUST 26, 2025, AT 1645 CDT.

## 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 CEN25LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA347), Aug 26, 2025: Beech C35 (N655D), Lakeview, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s fuel system mismanagement which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N655D (1)

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

- [Incident 19910612032279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910612032279I), Jun 12, 1991: Beech C35BEECH (N655D), Deland, FL, Minor damage. While landing the aircraft made contact with the runway and the aircraft settled to the ground.

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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