# Accident 20120802015759A: Beech E-55, Houston, TX, August 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: West Houston
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8296° N, 95.6594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8296&lon=-95.6594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3644A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3644A-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 40 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA515](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA515) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120802015759A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF ROLL LEFT ENGINE DID NOT DEVELOPE SUFFICIENT POWER.  AICRAFT STARTED TO YAW. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND AIRCRAFT OVER RAN END OF RUNWAY.DEPARTED RUNWAY AND AIRPORT PROPERTY AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 15.  CROSSED TWO LANE PERIMETER ROAD. PRIMARY DAMAGE CAUSED BY COLLISION WITH PRIMARY BARRIER ON PERIMITER ROAD.

## 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 CEN12LA515](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA515), Aug 2, 2012: Beech E-55 (N3644A), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A damaged ignition harness, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N3644A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100702038659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100702038659A), Jul 2, 2010: Beech E-55 (N3644A), Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Pilot reported the aircraft lost all electrical power while turning on base during approach to land on runway 19R at las. According to the [privacy data…

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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