# Incident 19780515033799I: Beech F35, Houston, TX, May 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1978, 08:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4270B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4270B-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780515033799I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STARTED ENGINE WITH THROTTLE FULL OPEN, BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD. COLLIDED WITH PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4270B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19791103030699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791103030699A), Nov 3, 1979: Beech F35 (N4270B), Silsbee, TX, Destroyed. Experienced engine failure at night. Found broken cylinder exhaust valve.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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