- Date
- February 3, 1983, 16:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- La Porte, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4BXCessna P337H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830203002309A
- Case key
- 20799
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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.
Analysis
Shortly after lift-off, the acft started its initial climb, then entered a slow descent. The flight was continued until the acft collided with a tv cable, suspended below telephone cables on the same poles. The acft contacted the ground, bounced & became airborne 2 times, then continued on the ground. The plane crossed a road, hit a road sign, ran through a fence, hit a detached garage, then flipped inverted & stopped. The plt stated that the rear engine lost either partial or all power. A mechanic reported seeing the acft taxi with the aft engine not operating. Reportedly, he was unable to stop the plt to tell him. No rotational damage was noted on the aft propeller. During an operational exam of the power plants, the aft engine checked normal, but the front engine would develop only aprx 200 HP instead of the 225 rated takeoff HP due to a faulty engine turbo controller. The plt told a police officer that he had a couple of drinks & was arrested for intoxication when he refused a breathalizer test.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4BX
- Reported as
- Cessna P337H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P3370307
- Airframe hours
- 660
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-C, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Talmadge Tinsley Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- T39 · Huntsville, TX
- Airport
- T41 · La Porte, runway 4, 3,000 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,698 total · 260 in this make and model · 16,232 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.