Friday, September 26, 2025

Beechcraft V35B Bonanza, N17827, accident occurred on September 25, 2025, near New Kent County Airport (W96), Quinton, Washington

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N17827

- History of Flight:
September 25, 2025, at about 1415 local time, a privately-registered Beechcraft V35B Bonanza, N17827, suffered a bird strike near New Kent County Airport (W96), Quinton, Washington. The pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane entered a left turn and landed back at the airport.

According to the FAA, a post flight inspection revealed damage to the windshield and avionics, and the damage was reported as substantial, and the event was assigned as an accident. ADS-B data (figure 1) shows that the airplane was climbing through 1,900 ft when the bird strike happened, this was followed by a rapid 1500 feet per minute (fpm) descent rate.

Figure 1: Flightaware ADS-B data ran through Google Earth

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