# NTSB ERA25LA291: Beech 35-C33, N500HT, Kingston, TN, August 6, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 6, 2025, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: Kingston, TN - Coordinates: 35.823265, -84.538924 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8233&lon=-84.5389&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 20, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200728 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA291 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200728/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200728 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA291 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with haybales. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 35-C33, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1151408), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 35-C33, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1151408), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 35-C33, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1151408), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was attempting a take off from a 2,600-ft-long by 40-ft-wide, asphalt runway. He reported that during takeoff roll in calm wind, the airplane used about 800 ft of runway to accelerate to 65 mph. During that time, the pilot maintained a runway centerline direction with “heavy right rudder.” As he moved his right hand from the throttle lever to the yoke to rotate, the airplane turned hard left (about 45°) off the runway and struck haybales, coming to rest upright. Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to both wings. The inspector did not find any preimpact mechanical malfunctions to explain the airplane turning left during the takeoff roll. The left main landing gear tire was properly inflated. The left tire rotated, and no brake anomalies were noted. The inspector also established continuity from the rudder pedals, to the nosewheel and rudder steering, with no binding noted. The airplane was not equipped with a rudder trim. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N500HT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500HT), registered now, S/N CD-909, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 35-C33 (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Beech 35-C33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (registry code 1151408) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: CD-909 - Year built: 1965 - Engines: Continental IO-470-N 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 23, 2025, 6,474 hours before - Destination: MNV, Madisonville, TN - Airport: 12TN, Meadowlake, runway 23, 2,600 × 40 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 7, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 491 total, 390 in this make and model, 445 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,200 ft broken - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 30.28 inHg - Observed at: TYS, 27 nm away - METAR: KTYS 061551Z VRB04KT 10SM BKN022 26/21 A3028 RMK AO2 ## 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 20250806011259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250806011259A), Aug 6, 2025: Beech 35-C33, Kingston, TN, Substantial damage. The pilot in command (PIC), operating a Beechcraft debonair BE-35-C33 with 1 passenger on board, experienced an abrupt hard veer to the left off the runway… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200728. 2.2 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19162077&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for the record - FAA inspector (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19161004&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MFR-Rel.pdf - Weather report (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 68 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19161705&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Metars-Rel.pdf - Investigation photograph (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 1 photo, 204 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19161809&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photograph-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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