# Accident 19971227039449A: Beech 35B33, Troy, MI, December 27, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1997, 10:32 local time
- Place: Troy, MI
- Airport: Troy/Oakland Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6056° N, 83.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troy, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6056&lon=-83.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N512WM-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,515 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971227039449A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH GROUND DURING INTIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER LIFTOFF, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 200 TO 300 FEET, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. HE LOWERED THE NOSE TO PREVENT A STALL AND TURNED LEFT '...TO AN AREA AND A POINT WHERE I COULD PUT THE PLANE DOWN AT.'  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, SLID INTO AN EMBANKMENT, AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD THE FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED ON THE LEFT FUEL TANK WHEN HE PERFORMED THE ENGINE RUN-UP AND TAXI. HE THEN SWITCHED THE SELECTOR TO THE RIGHT TANK JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF.            (-23) AIRCRAFT TOO, OFF FROM OAKLAND-TROY AIRPORT (7D2) AND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF LOST POWER (EITHER PARTIAL OR ALL).  PILOT LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN GM PARKING LOT.  AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.  THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD AND ONE WAS INJURED.  LOSS OF POWER UNKNOWN ALTHOUGH POSSIBLE FUEL CONTAMINATION (WATER?).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA067), Dec 27, 1997: Beech 35-B33 (N512WM), Troy, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s). Factors associated with the accident were: the lack of a suitable forced landing site, and the embankment (dirt bank), which the airplane contacted.

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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