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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 36 · Rayville, LA · October 17, 2014

Date
October 17, 2014 · 14:15 local
Place
Rayville, LA
Airport
John H Hooks Jr Memorial
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N143LH
Reported as
Beech 36
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,700 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot completed flight, deplaned passengers, refueled airplane, and was taxiing to the hangar when in a turn the right main wheel dropped off the pavement. The pilot had stopped, applied power, then more power, then full power and never gained total control.

The plane veered left, then right. The left wingtip hit a golf cart, then the left wing struck a telephone pole which turned the plane 90 degrees left into a skid. The right main broke off and the plane plowed through a gate frame and a chain link fence.

Pilot was found alive and laying on the right wing. He expired about 4 hours later while on a med flight to another hospital for additional testing.

There was no intent for flight, so this event did not qualify as an accident. NTSB would not accept the case.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT COMPLETED FLIGHT, DEPLANED PASSENGERS, REFUELED AIRPLANE, AND WAS TAXIING TO THE HANGAR WHEN IN A TURN THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL DROPPED OFF THE PAVEMENT. THE PILOT HAD STOPPED, APPLIED POWER, THEN MORE POWER, THEN FULL POWER AND NEVER GAINED TOTAL CONTROL.

THE PLANE VEERED LEFT, THEN RIGHT. THE LEFT WINGTIP HIT A GOLF CART, THEN THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE WHICH TURNED THE PLANE 90 DEGREES LEFT INTO A SKID. THE RIGHT MAIN BROKE OFF AND THE PLANE PLOWED THROUGH A GATE FRAME AND A CHAIN LINK FENCE.

PILOT WAS FOUND ALIVE AND LAYING ON THE RIGHT WING. HE EXPIRED ABOUT 4 HOURS LATER WHILE ON A MED FLIGHT TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL FOR ADDITIONAL TESTING.

THERE WAS NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT, SO THIS EVENT DID NOT QUALIFY AS AN ACCIDENT. NTSB WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE CASE.