# Accident 20090718010379A: Faulkm FAULK, La Porte, TX, July 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2009, 10:10 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Airport: La Porte Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6711° N, 95.0683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6711&lon=-95.0683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62431, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62431-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Faulk Marvin FAULK (registry code 05607UH, https://openairdocs.org/model/faulk-marvin-faulk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAULKM FAULK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA445) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090718010379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM LA PORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TEXAS (T41) RUNWAY 31 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:10 CST.  WITNESS STATEMENT INDICATED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS AT ABOUT 200 FEET AND AT A HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK AND SLIGHTLY DESCENDING.  THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAINED THE HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK AND KEPT DESCENDING UNTIL IT STRUCK A TREE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, SPUN AROUND AND HIT THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT IS CONSIDERED DESTROYED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE; BOTH WINGS ARE DAMAGED AND THE LEFT WING IS DETACHED, FUSELAGE IS WRINKLED, FIREWALL IS SEVERELY DAMAGED, THE LANDING GEAR IS COLLAPSED, THE ENGINE IS TORN OFF, AND THE COCKPIT IS CRUSHED AND BENT.

## 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 CEN09LA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA445), Jul 18, 2009: Marvin Faulk Tinker Bell (N62431), La Porte, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in a collision with terrain.

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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