- Date
- November 7, 2025, 13:31 local (21:31 UTC)
- Place
- Pacific, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N358DBessler Duane Lynn Savannah
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Part(s) separation from AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20251107017289A
- Case key
- 201985
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On November 7, 2025 at 1331 Pacific standard time, an experimental amateur-built ICP Savannah amphibious airplane, N358D, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Pacific, Washington. The pilot and the passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that, while in cruise flight, the propeller separated from the engine. The pilot realized he was unable to glide the airplane to the destination airport and selected a grassy field to perform a forced landing. During the forced landing in the field, the wheels and floats sank into soft grass, and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest inverted. As a result, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The airplane was recovered from the accident site and retained for further examination. To date, the propeller has not been recovered.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N358D
- Reported as
- Bessler Duane Lynn Savannah
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 03-10-51-235
- Built
- 2008
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- International Air Services Inc Trustee
- Registered owner
- International Air Services Inc Trustee
- Departed
- 3B8 · Shady Acres, WA
- Destination
- S50 · Auburn, WA
- Airport
- S50 · Auburn Municipal Airport
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.21 inHg
- Observed at
- KPLU, 10 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KPLU 072135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -DZ FEW026 BKN032 OVC041 11/07 A3021 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.