# Accident 20140219001539A: Beech B100, Pearland, TX, February 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2014, 08:30 local time
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5175° N, 95.2603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5175&lon=-95.2603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811BL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811BL-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B100 (registry code 1152919, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-6 (registry code 01561, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B100
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,283 total, 180 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140219001539A

## Narrative

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

NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT, FLYING IN INSTRUMENT METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, EXECUTED RNAV (GPS) 32 LVJ AND BEGAN THE MISSED APPROACH. AFTER CLIMB TO 1100 FEET, AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE AND IMPACTED GROUND IN NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE. MOST OF THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED AT THE SITE OF IMPACT WITH A DEBRIS FIELD OF PRIMARILY SMALL PARTS CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF IMPACT.

## 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 CEN14FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA145), Feb 19, 2014: Beech B100 (N811BL), Pearland, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's loss of airplane control during a missed instrument approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to file an instrument flight rules flight plan and…

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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