# NTSB WPR25LA228: Beech V35, N3785Q, Astoria, OR, July 23, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: July 22, 2025, 17:06 local (Jul 23, 2025, 00:06 UTC)
- Place: Astoria, OR
- Coordinates: 46.157909, -123.8239
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1579&lon=-123.8239&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200656
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA228
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200656/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA228

## Preliminary report

On July 22, 2025, about 1706 Pacific daylight time, a Beechcraft Bonanza V35, N3785Q, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Astoria, Oregon. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he and a flight instructor was enroute to Astoria Regional Airport, Astoria, Oregon to refuel during a cross-country flight to Arlington, Washington. The flight instructor reported that while the pilot maneuvered the airplane for an approach to runway 26, about 400 ft above ground level and about 3 miles southeast of the airport, the engine sputtered. The pilot stated that he immediately advanced the mixture control, but the engine sputtered again and then lost all power. The flight instructor’s subsequent attempt to restart the engine was unsuccessful and he then assumed control of the airplane to execute a forced landing. The airplane touchdown on a gravel road short of runway 26, overran an embankment and came to rest in a field. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the lower fuselage sustained substantial damage. The airplane was recovered to a secure facility for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech V35, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=1151538), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3785Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3785Q), registered now, S/N D-8413, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Registry model: [Beech V35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (registry code 1151538) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-8413
- Year built: 1967
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Go Fly Missoula LLC
- Registered owner: Go Fly Missoula LLC
- Departed: KTNK, Tillamook, OR
- Destination: KAST, Astoria, OR
- Airport: AST, Astoria Rgnl, runway 08/26, 5,794 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Satellite tracking device

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: KAST, 2 nm away
- METAR: KAST 222355Z AUTO 26008KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01830128 10194 20156 56007 $

## 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 20250722010739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250722010739A), Jul 22, 2025: Beech V35, Astoria, OR, Substantial damage. 7/21 Owner and instructor stop to fill both tanks and begin last training flight of the day at 20:23 flying approx 46 minutes before stopping for the evening.…

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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