# Accident 20250516007739A: Beech F33A, Houston, TX, May 16, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2025, 15:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: West Houston
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8088° N, 95.6612° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8088&lon=-95.6612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6376S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6376S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 30 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250516007739A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT JUST CAME OUT OF AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND HAD NOT FLOWN SINCE ABOUT FEBRUARY.  THE PILOT PERFORMED ALL THE GROUND RUN CHECKS WITH NO ISSUES.  PILOT DEPARTED (14:58 CDT) FROM IWS TO THE SOUTH (RWY 15).  THE AIRCRAFT HAD A "POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB" SO THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP AROUND 500 FT ALTITUDE.  ONCE THE GEAR WAS UP, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO "STUMBLE".  WITHIN LESS THAN A MINUTE AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND LOSING ALTITUDE.  THE PILOT STATED THEY ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AROUND TO HEAD BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT AND CRASHED INTO THE TREES 0.4 MILES AWAY FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 15.  AIRCRAFT WAS HEADING ROUGHLY 330 AS OBSERVED FROM THE WRECKAGE.  UPON CRASHING INTO THE TREES, THE PILOT ESCAPED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OPENING AND WAS ABLE TO GET CLEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY A 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 CEN25LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA182), May 16, 2025: Beech F33A (N6376S), Houston, TX, destroyed, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N6376S (2)

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

- [Incident 19971209043019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971209043019I), Dec 9, 1997: Beech F33A (N6376S), Arlington, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: landing was attempted on runway 35 at F54 with recorded winds of 250-260 degrees at 32-40 KTS. (Pilot reported winds as 280 degrees at 29-45 KTS.)…
- [Accident 19791008027059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791008027059A), Oct 8, 1979: Beech F33A (N6376S), Perry, FL, Substantial damage. Student leveled off too high. Instructor failed to make timely recovery. Wing hit ground.

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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