20260109001009I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beechcraft B58P · Beaufort, SC · January 9, 2026

Date
January 9, 2026 · 16:30 local
Place
Beaufort, SC
Airport
Beaufort Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N925VV
Reported as
Beechcraft B58P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total23 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The incident pilot had spent the earlier part of the afternoon doing touch-and-goes at 3J1 and had filled up with 100 ll (196 gal) at 3J1. He then returned to khxd to offload his passenger and got his ipad for plates to do approaches. A different passenger accompanied the incident flight. The plan was to conduct several practice rnav/ils approaches, and they departed khxd for karw to practice the RNAV approach to rwy 25. Pilot claims it was a stable approach with full flaps lowered at 1000FT. He states he was doing around 105 at the numbers and when he touched down he had one bounce which did float for several seconds. When all wheels were on deck, he raised the flaps and used aerodynamic braking along with normal wheel brakes. He did not experience anything problematic with the breaking effectiveness. He says that when it became evident, he did have enough runway to safely get airborne for a go-around; he maximized foot and aerodynamic braking, but still ran off the end into the sand. The nose wheel did not collapse. At the last 2-3 feet of the roll, the nose wheel sank about 2 feet into the soft sand. The pilot and minor passenger safely evacuated the aircraft as help arrived. The airport manager was notified and subsequently notified ntsb/faa. Photos obtained and shared with the NTSB and FAA. The plane was cleared to be towed backwards from the sand, and the gear was intact. No obvious structural damage. The next day, with NTSB permission, the pilot washed the mud off and still found no obvious damage to the gear, prop, or gear door. However, both left- and right-prop impacts were evident in the pictures. There was no property damage to runway lights.

As the FAA filed it

THE INCIDENT PILOT HAD SPENT THE EARLIER PART OF THE AFTERNOON DOING TOUCH-AND-GOES AT 3J1 AND HAD FILLED UP WITH 100 LL (196 GAL) AT 3J1. HE THEN RETURNED TO KHXD TO OFFLOAD HIS PASSENGER AND GOT HIS IPAD FOR PLATES TO DO APPROACHES. A DIFFERENT PASSENGER ACCOMPANIED THE INCIDENT FLIGHT. THE PLAN WAS TO CONDUCT SEVERAL PRACTICE RNAV/ILS APPROACHES, AND THEY DEPARTED KHXD FOR KARW TO PRACTICE THE RNAV APPROACH TO RWY 25. PILOT CLAIMS IT WAS A STABLE APPROACH WITH FULL FLAPS LOWERED AT 1000FT. HE STATES HE WAS DOING AROUND 105 AT THE NUMBERS AND WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN HE HAD ONE BOUNCE WHICH DID FLOAT FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. WHEN ALL WHEELS WERE ON DECK, HE RAISED THE FLAPS AND USED AERODYNAMIC BRAKING ALONG WITH NORMAL WHEEL BRAKES. HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANYTHING PROBLEMATIC WITH THE BREAKING EFFECTIVENESS. HE SAYS THAT WHEN IT BECAME EVIDENT, HE DID HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY TO SAFELY GET AIRBORNE FOR A GO-AROUND; HE MAXIMIZED FOOT AND AERODYNAMIC BRAKING, BUT STILL RAN OFF THE END INTO THE SAND. THE NOSE WHEEL DID NOT COLLAPSE. AT THE LAST 2-3 FEET OF THE ROLL, THE NOSE WHEEL SANK ABOUT 2 FEET INTO THE SOFT SAND. THE PILOT AND MINOR PASSENGER SAFELY EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AS HELP ARRIVED. THE AIRPORT MANAGER WAS NOTIFIED AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFIED NTSB/FAA. PHOTOS OBTAINED AND SHARED WITH THE NTSB AND FAA. THE PLANE WAS CLEARED TO BE TOWED BACKWARDS FROM THE SAND, AND THE GEAR WAS INTACT. NO OBVIOUS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE NEXT DAY, WITH NTSB PERMISSION, THE PILOT WASHED THE MUD OFF AND STILL FOUND NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE GEAR, PROP, OR GEAR DOOR. HOWEVER, BOTH LEFT- AND RIGHT-PROP IMPACTS WERE EVIDENT IN THE PICTURES. THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE TO RUNWAY LIGHTS.