# Accident 20050509010579A: Rkwell NA26580, Brownwood, TX, May 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2005, 09:00 local time
- Place: Brownwood, TX
- Airport: Brownwood Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7936° N, 98.9564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7936&lon=-98.9564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N972NR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA26580
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050509010579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN ^PRIVA^ WAS PIC OF N972NR, A SABRELINER NA-265-80 AND AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SIC. AIRMAN WERE DEPARTING BROWNWOOD AIRPORT, TEXAS ON MAY 9, 2005 IN THIS AIRCRAFT. AIRMAN STATED THAT DURING TAKEOFF AT V1, THEY ENCOUNTERED A LOUD EXPLOSION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AIRMAN ^PRIVA^ ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AT THIS POINT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AND AIRMAN ^PRIVA^ RECENTERED AIRCRAFT AND INITIATED THE THRUST REVERSERS DURING THE ABORT. AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT ON THE RUNWAY AND EXITED THE END OF RUNWAY, MISSING THE LOCALIZER STANCIONS. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE BEYOND THE RUNWAY, PENETRATING THREE BARB WIRE FENCES. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTED TO AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE THREE PASSENGERS AND NO SUBSEQUENT FIRE TO AIRCRAFT. NTSB INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BIRD STRIKE.

## 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 DFW05LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA117), May 9, 2005: Rockwell International NA-265-80 (N972NR), Brownwood, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to damage to the first stage compressor by a foreign object (bird).

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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