# Accident 20010109000509A: Nord 1101, Port Isabel, TX, January 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2001, 17:00 local time
- Place: Port Isabel, TX
- Airport: Port Isabel/ Cameron County Ar
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2142° N, 96.7478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2142&lon=-96.7478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208BF-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nord 1101 (registry code 6380108, https://openairdocs.org/model/nord-1101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Renault 6Q10B (registry code 52501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/renault-6q10b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORD 1101
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010109000509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 9, 2001, AT 1700 CST, A NORD MOD. 1101, (EXPERIMENTAL), REG. NUMBER N208BF, OWNED AND OPERATED BY RICHARD M. BARRETT  OF MCKINNEY, TX., RECIEVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  MR. BARRETT  AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED AERO COUNTRY AIRPORT (T31), MCKINNEY, TX., RWY 17 FOR THE PURPOSE OF A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. UPON ESTABLISHING CLIMB, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED IN THE UP POSITION. THE ENGINE SUBSEQUENTLY LOST POWER. THE PILOT SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO RESERVE. POWER WAS NOT RESTORED. THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WITH THE REMAINING AVAILABLE POWER. ALTITUDE DID NOT PERMIT FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE POWER. THE PILOT TURNED THE A/C INTO THE WIND ON AHEADING OF APPROX. 130 DEGREES AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE A/C CAME TO REST IN A DIRT FIELD APPROX. 1000 FEET SOUTHEAST FO THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY 17 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE COWLING, CREASED AND WRINKLED SKINS ON BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE, BUCKLED SKINS AND POPPED RIVETS ON AFT EMPENNAGE, AND RIGHT AIRLERON SEPARATED FORM OUTBOARD HINGE. MR. BARRETT SUSTAINED INJURY IN THE FORM OF LACERATIONS AND A FRACTURED VERTEBRAE. PASSENGER NOT INJURED.

## 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 FTW01LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA047), Jan 9, 2001: Nord 1101 (N208BF), McKinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of engine power during takeoff resulting from the inadequate engagement of the throttle torque tube rod end into the support bushing by unknown maintenance personnel.

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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