# NTSB FTW82DA383: Beechcraft K35, N601Q, Houston, TX, September 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1982, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Houston, TX
- Coordinates: 29.739044, -95.450225 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7390&lon=-95.4502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71099
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA383
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71099/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA383

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601Q-1984-11-15), registration cancelled 1984-11-15, S/N D-5756 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT K35
- Registry model: [Beech K35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-k35) (registry code 1151524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D5756
- Airframe hours: 3383
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820918047439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820918047439A), Sep 18, 1982: Beech K35, Houston, TX, Destroyed. Premature lift off,airplane failed to leave ground effect. Drifted off runway and struck a ditch embankment.

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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