# Incident 20170816022749I: Beech 35-A33, Cresson, TX, August 16, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2017, 22:20 local time
- Place: Cresson, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5299° N, 97.6153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cresson, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5299&lon=-97.6153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5ML, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5ML-2023-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-A33 (registry code 1151404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-a33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-A33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 84 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170816022749I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 16, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH DEBONAIR A33, N5ML, LANDED IN A COW PASTURE 500 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT BOURLAND FIELD AIRPORT (50F) IN CRESSON TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS ON A RETURN FLIGHT FROM HUNTSVILLE TX(KUTS)TO (50F) WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5ML (1)

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

- [Accident 20210723011939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210723011939A), Jul 23, 2021: Beech 35-A33 (N5ML), Mineral Wells, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot and 1 passenger took off from private strip, XS53, near peaster, TX enroute to bridgeport (kxbp) to fill aircraft with gas. They encountered low clouds…

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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