# NTSB ERA25LA169: Beech A36, N2Z, Fredericksburg, VA, April 9, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: April 9, 2025, 15:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA · 11333 SCARLET OAK ROAD
- Coordinates: 38.268877, -77.593388 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2689&lon=-77.5934&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: Continental Aerospace Technologies, Textron, FAA/ FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199984
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA169
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199984/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA169

## Preliminary report

On April 9, 2025, about 1505 eastern daylight time, a Beech A36, N2Z, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fredericksburg, Virginia. The pilot and the pilot rated passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to pilot, while conducting a flight from Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO), Leesburg, Virginia to Hampton Roads Executive Airport (PVG), Norfolk, Virginia, the airplane experienced a loss of oil pressure, followed by a complete loss of engine power. The pilot tried to land in a field but overshot the intended landing area. The left wing contacted a tree at the end of the field and the airplane rolled over and struck another tree. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the airframe. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that there was a hole in the top of the engine crankcase and the connecting rod for the No. 4 cylinder was fragmented. The wreckage was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech A36, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=1151604), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2Z), registered now, S/N E-2514, built 1989 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-2514
- Year built: 1989
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 26, 2024, 5 hours before
- Departed: JYO, Leesburg, VA
- Destination: PVG, Chesapeake, VA
- Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS, Auto-pilot

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.27 inHg
- Observed at: EZF, 7 nm away
- METAR: KEZF 091815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/M08 A3027 RMK AO2 T01101077

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250409005059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250409005059A), Apr 9, 2025: Beech A36, Fredericksburg, VA, Destroyed. During level flight CFII noticed that the oil pressure gauge was showing little or no oil pressure. Immediately pulled back the throttle to idle to begin…

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.

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