- Date
- September 18, 1982, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N601QBeechcraft K35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820918047439A
- Case key
- 71099
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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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Lift-off - prematureCause
Airspeed - not attainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
Analysis
Pilot stated that he lifted the nose off the runway too soon and the aircraft became airborne but would not climb or accelerate. The aircraft drifted to the left and collided with a canal dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601Q
- Reported as
- Beechcraft K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D5756
- Airframe hours
- 3,383
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry A. Fullgrabe
- Registered owner
- Henry A. Fullgrabe
- Departed
- 39R · Houston, TX
- Destination
- ERV · Kerrville, TX
- Airport
- 39R · Beaman Airpark, runway 17, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,109 total · 1,954 in this make and model · 5,984 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.