# Accident 20081008851429A: Beech A36, Houston, TX, October 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2008, 06:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6392° N, 97.1505° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6392&lon=-97.1505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N703KP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N703KP-2010-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 125 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081008851429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 8, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45 A.M. LOCAL TIME, THE PIC OF N703KP A BEECH A36 LOST TOTAL ENGINE POWER AND LANDED IN A SMALL FIELD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT AT 1800', WHEN THE ENGINE OVERSPEED AND THE RPM EXCEEDED REDLINE.  HE ADJUSTED THE PROP, BUT IT HAD NO EFFECT ON THE RPM.  THEN HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO ABOUT 20 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE, WHICH BROUGHT THE RPM BELOW RED LINE.  AFTER ADJUSTING THE THROTTLE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK, AND THE PIC NOTICED AT THAT TIME THAT THE ENGINE HAD LOW OIL PRESSURE: AT THIS POINT THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING.  THE PILOT SELECTED A SMALL FIELD FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING, HE CLEARED THE TREES AND AFTER LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WERE KNOCKED OFF BY ROUGH TERRAIN AS THEY DUG INTO THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE TOUCH DOWN POINT.  THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A POST CRASH FIRE, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD SEE A GLOW OF FIRE AT THE NOSE AREA OF THE AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT EXITED BEFORE THE FIRE ENGULFED THE AIRPLANE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN09LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA014), Oct 8, 2008: Beech A36 (N703KP), Houston, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to a fracture in the oil filter adapter housing. Contributing to the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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