# Incident 20160325003009I: Beech B24R, La Porte, TX, March 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2016, 09:00 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Airport: La Porte Minicipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6674° N, 95.0491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Porte, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6674&lon=-95.0491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N527V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N527V-2018-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160325003009I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 30 AT LA PORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (T41). HE HAD JUST COMPLETED A PRACTICE LANDING AND WAS IN CLIMB OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET.  HE SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER.  HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR AND COMPLETE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE RUNWAY.  THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND COMPLETELY PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED.  THE SIDEWALLS OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES HAVE MINOR DAMAGE FROM SLIDING ON THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING AND HAS SCRAPE MARKS.

DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER INDICATES THAT THE ENGINE WAS MAKING MINIMAL POWER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT MADE CONTACT WITH A RUNWAY MARKER. THE WINGS APPEAR TO HAVE REMAINED INTACT AND THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO ANY FLIGHT CONTROLS.

SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT CONFIRMED THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUFFCIENT FUEL. FUEL IN THE SUMP WAS CLEAR AND BRIGHT. THE MECHANICAL FUEL PUMP OPERATION WAS VERIFIED BY OPENING THE PRESSURE SIDE FUEL LINE AND HAND TURNING THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE IGNITION SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED BY REMOVING THE SPARK PLUGS AND CHECKING FOR SPARK BY HAND TURNING THE ENGINE. THE ONLY VISIBLE SPARK WAS AT THE END OF THE TOP TWO SPARK PLUG LEADS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT BOTH WERE WEAK.

## Other reports on N527V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991204036059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991204036059I), Dec 4, 1999: Beech B24R (N527V), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot had demonstrated engine out procedures at andrews-murphy, n.c. which resulted in a hard landing on the right main gear and got airborne again. The…

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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