# Accident 20251015016699A: Beechcraft B35A, Austin, NV, October 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2025, 14:47 local time
- Place: Austin, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4975° N, 117.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4975&lon=-117.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-FETM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT B35A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 4,198 total, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251015016699A

## Narrative

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

BASED ON ADS-B AND CUSTOMS, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE GRANT COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MOSES LAKE, WA) ON OCTOBER 15, 2025- (DESTINATION UNKNOWN). RENO FSDO RECEIVED AN ALNOT NOTIFICATION FROM SALT LAKE ARTCC (ZLC) ON THURSDAY 10/16/2025 REPORTED OVERDUE BY A FAMILY MEMBER. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON 10/16/2025 ON MT. CALLAGHAN (18 MI NNE AUSTIN, NV) AT APPROXIMATELY 10,100 MSL.

RENO FSDO INSPECTOR TRAVELED TO SCENE TO RENDEZVOUS WITH NTSB INVESTIGATOR. UPON REACHING THE SUMMIT, INITIAL GROUND SCARRING WAS PRESENT THAT PROVIDES DETAILS OF THE INITIAL IMPACT. THE INITIAL IMPACT GROUND SCARRING TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE RESTS, PUTS THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELING IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION WHICH SOLIDIFIES THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND IS CONSISTENT TO ADS-B DATA.

THE INITIAL IMPACT WITH CORRELATION TO TAIL AND MAIN LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS NEAR THE INITIAL IMPACT SCAR, AND WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FINAL REST APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILES FROM INITIAL IMPACT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH AIRSPEEDS AT RELATIVELY LEVEL FLIGHT/ LOW ANGLE.

WEATHER REPORTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT PLACES THAT AREA IN AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN, CONSISTING OF LOW/ BROKEN CEILINGS OR LAYERS BELOW FL180, ICING AT ALL ALTITUDES AND AREAS OF PRECIPITATION.

THE AIRMAN DOES NOT HOLD AN INSTRUMENT CERTIFICATE AND WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT (NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED). ADS-B (FLIGHT RADAR 24/FLIGHT AWARE) DATA SHOW THE AIRCRAFT CHANGING ALTITUDES FROM VFR CRUISE 9,500 MSL TO 12,500 MSL. SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CHANGING OF ALTITUDES IS CONSTANT TO TERRAIN AND OR WEATHER DEVIATIONS. BASED ON THE ADS-B DATA, THE INITIAL IMPACT AND WRECKAGE DISTANCE IS CONSISTENT TO A POTENTIAL WEATHER INDUCED, CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN (CFIT).

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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