# Accident 20150329004049A: Beech 35, Gordonville, TX, March 29, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Gordonville, TX
- Airport: Cedar Mills
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8375° N, 96.8161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8375&lon=-96.8161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80462, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80462-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225-8
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,165 total, 1,513 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150329004049A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 29, 2015, ABOUT 1600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 35, SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N80462, WAS

SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER IMPACTING TERRAIN DURING INITIAL CLIMB AT CEDAR MILLS AIRPORT (3T0),

GORDONVILLE, TEXAS. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED

MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL. DAY VISUAL

METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN

FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WHICH WAS DESTINED FOR TYLER

POUNDS REGIONAL AIRPORT (TYR), TYLER, TEXAS.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING HIS SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM THE TURF RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE HAD LIFTED OFF

AT AN INDICATED AIRSPEED OF 80 MPH. AS THE AIRPLANE NEARED THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT

NOTICED THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT CLIMBING AS EXPECTED, THE INDICATED AIRSPEED SEEMED UNRELIABLE, AND THE

CONTROLS FELT MUSHY AND NEAR STALL SPEED. THE AIRPLANE THEN IMPACTED TREES AND THE ROOF OF AN

UNOCCUPIED HOME. THE ENGINE SEPARATED AND FELL INSIDE THE HOME WHICH RESULTED IN A STRUCTURE FIRE THAT

SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE HOME. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TERRAIN ABOUT 50 FEET FROM THE BURNING HOME AND

CAME TO REST UPRIGHT AFTER IMPACTING TWO NEARLY FULL PROPANE STORAGE TANKS. THERE WAS NO RELEASE OF

PROPANE AND THERE WAS NO POSTIMPACT FIRE AT THE LOCATION OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. SEVERAL PERSONS AT

ANOTHER NEARBY HOME WITNESS THE IMPACT AND RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY TO ASSIST THE FOUR OCCUPANTS TO EXIT

THE WRECKAGE.

## 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 CEN15LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA183), Mar 29, 2015: Beech 35 (N80462), Gordonville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to depart from an upsloping, soft grass runway at or near the airplane's maximum gross weight and with a high density altitude, which increased the airplane's ground roll 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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