# Accident 20051105034089A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Houston, TX, November 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2005, 09:58 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6456° N, 95.2789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6456&lon=-95.2789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505K-2008-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Reported engine: PWA JT15*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 400 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051105034089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 5, 2005, AT 0958 (CST), A CESSNA 500 TWIN-ENGINE TURBO JET, N505K, WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 22 AT WILLIAM P. HOBBY AIRPORT (HOU), HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND DESTINED FOR CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. THERE WERE SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 13R INVERTED, APPROXIMATELY 321 FEET SOUTHEAST FROM TAXIWAY "HOTEL", WITH A 20 TO 25 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND EXPLODED INTO FLAMES. AFTER SLIDING 520 FEET, THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY "HOTEL" AND TAXIWAY "MIKE."

## 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 DFW06FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA019), Nov 5, 2005: Cessna 500 (N505K), Houston, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush. Contributing factors were the unsecured passenger door and the pilot's diverted attention.

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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