# Accident 20251107017289A: Bessler Duane Lynn SAVANNAH, Pacific, WA, November 7, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2025, 13:31 local time
- Place: Pacific, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2712° N, 122.2519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2712&lon=-122.2519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N358D-2026-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bessler Duane Lynn SAVANNAH (registry code 05617BF, https://openairdocs.org/model/bessler-duane-lynn-savannah) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BESSLER DUANE LYNN SAVANNAH
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251107017289A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 7, 2025, N358-D WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER SEPARATION FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. AS A RESULT, THE PILOT CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO 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 WPR26LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA041), Nov 7, 2025: Bessler Duane Lynn Savannah (N358D), Pacific, WA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N358D (1)

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

- [Incident 20160402000399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160402000399I), Apr 2, 2016: Bessler Duane Lynn SAVANNAH (N358D), Yakima, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft was returning from a local flight to a nearby lake. Pilot neglected to lower landing gear and landed on rwy 27 gear up.

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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