- Date
- January 7, 2026, 08:09 local (15:09 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · 21L departure
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6010EBeech K35
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20260107000069A
- Case key
- 202289
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On January 7, 2026, at about 0809 mountain standard time, a Beech K35, N6010E, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Prescott, Arizona. The pilot and flight instructor were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The pilot receiving instruction reported that upon arriving at the Prescott Regional/Ernest A Love Field Airport (PRC), Prescott, Arizona, they conducted an ILS approach to runway 21L. After they completed a touch and go landing and takeoff, they noted a positive rate of climb and retracted the landing gear. At about 50 ft agl, they heard a loud “bang” and observed the airplane’s propellor completely stop. The flight instructor then pushed the control yoke forward to maintain airspeed. Unable to maintain altitude the pilot initiated a gear up forced landing to the remaining runway. During the landing flare the airplane landed hard, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and empennage. The airplane was recovered for further examination.
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
- N6010E
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5942
- Built
- 1959
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PRC · Prescott Rgnl/Ernest A Love Fld, runway 21L, 7,619 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Observed at
- KPRC
- METAR
- METAR KPRC 071453Z 19005KT 10SM CLR 02/01 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP137 T00220006 56003
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.