# Accident 19980527011069A: Cessna 320B, Rockport, TX, May 27, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1998, 12:40 local time
- Place: Rockport, TX
- Airport: Aransas County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0862° N, 97.0437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARANSAS COUNTY (RKP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0862&lon=-97.0437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N986J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N986J-2014-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320B (registry code 2074508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO470C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,345 total, 4 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980527011069A

## Narrative

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

NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY BEGAN GO AROUND. BANKED LEFT. WING HIT TAXIWAY. 320 VEERED INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT.(.4) THE TWIN-ENGINE CESSNA 320B AIRPLANE IMPACTED TWO PARKED, UNOCCUPIED, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANES FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A GO AROUND. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS ON SHORT FINAL APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET AGL, THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND. HE FIRST ADVANCED THE THROTTLES AND THEN THE PROPELLER CONTROLS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ENGINES SEEMED TO `BOG DOWN' AND THEN THE RIGHT ENGINE SEEMED TO CLEAR FIRST OR TO PRODUCE MORE POWER THAN THE LEFT ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO BANK TO THE LEFT AND LOSE AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE `DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME OR ALTITUDE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION,' AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A TAXIWAY WITH ITS NOSE AND LEFT WING AND SLID ONTO A RAMP WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH TWO PARKED AIRPLANES. ADVANCING THE PROPELLER CONTROLS TO THE HIGH RPM POSITION WAS THE FIFTH ITEM LISTED IN THE `BEFORE LANDING' CHECKLIST IN THE CESSNA 320B OWNER'S MANUAL. THE PILOT HAD A TOTAL OF 15 HOURS FLIGHT TIME IN MULTIENGINE AIRPLANES OF WHICH 4.3 HOURS WERE IN THE CESSNA 320B.                                                                         (-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND, RUNWAY 09 AT ARKANSAS COUNTY AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED ONTO A RAMP AREA. NO INJURIES TO THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD AND NO FIRE RESULTED.

## 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 FTW98LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA245), May 27, 1998: Cessna 320B (N986J), Rockport, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go around which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors were the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model aircraft, his failure to follow…

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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