- Date
- February 6, 2026, 18:10 local (Feb 7, 2026, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Beaumont, TX · airport twy
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N789BMGlasair GlaStar
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20260206003129A
- Case key
- 202406
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On February 6, 2026, about 1810 central standard time, an experimental Glasair GlaStar airplane, N789BM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Beaumont, 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 a loss of engine oil pressure about six miles from the intended destination airport. The engine started running rough and losing power. He executed a landing to a taxiway at the destination airport. However, the airplane began to porpoise on landing. It subsequently overran the taxiway and impacted a fence. The airframe sustained substantial damage to both wings and the empennage. The airplane was recovered to a secure hangar at the airport. A postaccident engine examination is planned.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N789BM
- Reported as
- Glasair GlaStar
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 001
- Built
- 2002
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- L83 · Thibodaux, LA
- Destination
- BPT · Beaumont, TX
- Airport
- BPT · Jack Brooks Regional
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KBPT
- METAR
- SPECI KBPT 070033Z 21009KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A3009
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.