# Incident 20150831013659I: Cessna T240, Houston, TX, August 31, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2015, 12:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8094° N, 95.6689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8094&lon=-95.6689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N452CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N452CS-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T240 (registry code 2073460, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T240
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA392) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150831013659I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 12: 30 CST AN AIRCRAFT N452CS, CESSNA, MODEL T240, S/N T24002052 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY .27 TENTH OF A MILE OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 15,  AT WEST HOUSTON AIRPORT, (IWS), HOUSTON, TEXAS.

THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM IWS AT 09:45 TO ANGLETON, TEXAS (LBX) ON A CFR PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT.

THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IWS AND WAS ON ITS THIRD TAKE OFF, FROM A FULL STOP LANDING WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER.

THE PILOT STATED, ON CLIMB OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET THE ENGINE SUFFERED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER.

INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR, LOWER ENGINE COWL, ENGINE MOUNT, RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS PUNCTURED.

THE TWO RATED PILOTS ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURIED.

THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE

## 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 CEN15LA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA392), Aug 31, 2015: Cessna T240 (N452CS), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate fuel management and the flight instructor’s failure to verify the fuel level and fuel selector…

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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