# Accident 20150528009999A: Raytheon Aircraft Company G36, Marble Falls, TX, May 28, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2015, 13:45 local time
- Place: Marble Falls, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5269° N, 98.3589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5269&lon=-98.3589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N224TB-2018-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon G36 (registry code 7150061, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-g36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY G36
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL IO-550
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150528009999A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL FROM RUNWAY 17 AT HORSESHOE BAY AIRPORT (DZB) WHEN FUEL FLOW DROPPED AS ENGINE REACHED 25 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE, THIS PROBLEM HAD OCCURED INTERMITTENLY SIX WEEKS EARLIER. PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND DID SO, HOWEVER  PILOT RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 17 AND  ATTEMPTED A SECOND TAKEOFF. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE ENGINE AGAIN LOST FULL POWER AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS WELL PAST ROTATE DISTANCE (APPROXIMATLY 4000 FT. DOWN THE RUNWAY). AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN A SLOW LIFTOFF PILOT RETRACTED LANDING GEAR BUT COULD NOT ACHIEVE CLIMBOUT POWER. PILOT REALIZED HIS BEST OPTION WAS TO EXTEND THE FLIGHT TO A NEARBY HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY LANDING. PILOT STATED IN A LAST EFFORT TO INCREASE ENGINE POWER HE SELECTED THE FUEL BOOST PUMP TO HIGH. THIS HAD A NEGATIVE EFFECT AND THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME TREES THEN CRASHED ONTO THE HIGHWAY. UPON IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE. PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  CONTINENTAL ENGINES REPRESENTATIVE JOHN KENT CONTACTED THIS

OFFICE VIA E-MAIL STATING THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AT THE FACILITIES OF AIR

SALVAGE OF DALLAS IN LANCASTER, TEXAS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE NATIONAL

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE OBSERVED WITH THE ENGINE

OTHER THAN IMPACT AND FIRE DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN15LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA247), May 28, 2015: Raytheon G36 (N224TB), Horseshoe Bay, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to abort the takeoff after the partial loss of engine power before liftoff, and the partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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