# Accident 20150525014209A: Garratt Mansfield W LANCAIR 4PT, Hamilton, TX, May 25, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2015, 13:43 local time
- Place: Hamilton, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7700° N, 97.9300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7700&lon=-97.9300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N725HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N725HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Garratt Mansfield W LANCAIR 4PT (registry code 05621EJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/garratt-mansfield-w-lancair-4pt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GARRATT MANSFIELD W LANCAIR 4PT
- Reported engine: DIMECH M601D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 130 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150525014209A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 25, 2015, ABOUT 1335 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MANSFIELD LANCAIR 4PT EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRPLANE, N725HP, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR HAMILTON, TEXAS. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT (NEW), NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AND WAS ENROUTE TO SAN ANGELO, TEXAS.

THE PILOT REQUESTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO DESCEND TO 13,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL FROM FLIGHT LEVEL (FL) 200 DUE TO APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER. WHEN THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED 13,000 FEET, THE PILOT APPLIED ENGINE POWER. DURING THE POWER APPLICATION, THE PILOT HEARD TWO LOUD BANGS AND REALIZED THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO A FIELD. DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE RIGHT WING PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AT THE WING ROOT.

## 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 CEN15LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA241), May 25, 2015: Garratt Mansfield W IV-P (N725HP), Hamilton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue flight into known severe thunderstorm conditions, which resulted in the loss of engine power during the descent due to the engine’s ingestion of water and ice and a…

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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