# Accident 20140826015399A: Beech A36, Houston, TX, August 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2014, 18:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7706° N, 95.6791° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7706&lon=-95.6791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8176M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8176M-2018-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 928 total, 150 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA458](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA458) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140826015399A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 15 WITH PIC AND THREE PASSENGERS AT 1815 LOCAL TIME. PIC STATED THAT ONCE AIRBORNE THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB. THE PIC ELECTED TO CUT THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT TAIL FIRST AND SLID APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 33 AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI) ARRAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND ONE PASSENGER HAD MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14LA458](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA458), Aug 26, 2014: Beech A36 (N8176M), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the pilot’s retraction of the landing gear before establishing a positive climb rate,…

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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