Beechcraft A36 N60357

Summary

On 8 August 2025 at about 21:57 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N60357, operated by Central Flying Service LLC, was involved in an accident near Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

8 August 2025 at 21:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Wirt County, West Virginia, United States

Coordinates

38.9193, -81.3370

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N60357

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Central Flying Service LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Little Rock → Clarksburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA307

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 8, 2025, about 1757 eastern daylight time, a Beech A36, N60357, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Wirt County, West Virginia. The commercial pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 corporate flight. The pilot reported that he departed Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT), Little Rock, Arkansas at 1233 central daylight time with a destination of North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB), Clarksburg, West Virginia, which was a straight-line distance of 637.5 nautical miles (nm). About 23 minutes from the destination airport, he began a descent from 7,000 ft mean sea level (msl) to 5,000 ft msl. Around 6,000 ft msl the engine experienced a total loss of power. The pilot attempted to restart the engine and was unsuccessful, the air traffic controller gave the pilot a vector to the closest airport, but it was too far for the airplane to glide to. The pilot selected a field and performed a forced landing. The airplane came to rest in a tree line at the end of the field and sustained substantial damage to the right wing. Postaccident examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed that the fuel tanks did not contain any fuel. The pilot reported that prior to the flight the airplane was full of fuel. The manufacturer of the airplane reported that the accident airplane had been manufactured with the extended range fuel tank option and had a total usable fuel capacity of 74 gallons. Preliminary fuel burn calculations based on the ADS-B data and the Pilots Operating Handbook showed that at the time of the accident the airplane would have burned about 61 gallons of fuel. The onboard avionics were removed and sent to the National Transportation Safety Board vehicle recorders laboratory for data extraction. The wreckage was retained for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.