- Date
- June 25, 2026, 11:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Dome, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6040FBeech S35
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 203282
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On June 25, 2026, about 1125 mountain standard time, a Beech S35, N6040F, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Dome, Arizona. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he departed Eagle Roost Airport (27AZ), Aguila, Arizona, for a cross-country flight to Yuma Marine Corps Air Station/Yuma International Airport (YNK), Yuma, Arizona. According to the pilot, about 15 nm northeast of YNK the engine began to run rough, so he enriched the mixture to smooth out the engine. The pilot then decided to perform a precautionary landing and landed the airplane on a dirt road with the landing gear retracted. Shortly after touchdown, the airplane veered right off the road and came to rest upright in a ditch. Subsequently, the right wing was substantially damaged. 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 is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6040F
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7814
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jct Holdings LLC
- Registered owner
- Jct Holdings LLC
- Departed
- 27AZ · Aguila, AZ
- Destination
- YKN · Yuma, AZ
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.