# NTSB CEN25LA182: Beech F33A, N6376S, Houston, TX, May 16, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: May 16, 2025, 14:59 local (19:59 UTC)
- Place: Houston, TX · field
- Coordinates: 29.8088, -95.6612
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8088&lon=-95.6612&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200176
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA182
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200176/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA182

## Preliminary report

On May 16, 2025, about 1459 central daylight time, a Beech F33A airplane, N6376S, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that the engine seemed to perform normally during takeoff. However, shortly afterward, the engine speed dropped abruptly from about 2,780 rpm to less than 2,000 rpm. The pilot was unable to maintain altitude, and he executed a forced landing to a wooded area southeast of the airport. The airplane came to rest upright about 0.50-mile southeast of the departure end of the runway. After exiting the airplane, the pilot noticed a small fire near the outboard portion of the left wing. Unfortunately, the fire spread and consumed most of the airframe before it could be extinguished. The extent of the post-impact fire damage will preclude an examination of the airframe fuel system. An engine examination is planned once the airplane has been recovered from the accident site.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech F33A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=1151425), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6376S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6376S), registered now, S/N CE-619, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Registry model: [Beech F33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (registry code 1151425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CE-619
- Year built: 1975
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Departed: IWS, Houston, TX
- Destination: IWS, Houston, TX
- Airport: IWS, West Houston, runway 15, 3,953 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,600 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.83 inHg
- Observed at: KSGR, 12 nm away
- METAR: KSGR 161953Z 17014G20KT 9SM FEW036 BKN046 32/23 A2983

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250516007739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250516007739A), May 16, 2025: Beech F33A, Houston, TX, Destroyed. 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…

## Other investigations on N6376S (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 MIA80DLA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA01), Oct 8, 1979: Beech F33A (N6376S), Perry, FL, substantial damage

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.

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