# NTSB FTW86LA159: Boeing A75N1, N44WR, Laporte, TX, September 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 1, 1986, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Laporte, TX
- Coordinates: 29.660396, -95.039909 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6604&lon=-95.0399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22083
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22083/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA159

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, go-around (vfr)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - turbulence(thunderstorms) (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - climb - not possible
- Forced landing, other
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING A LANDING, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, SO THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HOWEVER, THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB, EVEN WITH FULL POWER. THE FLT PATH WAS TOWARD POWER LINES & A ROAD, SO THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND IN A GRASS AREA. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT STRUCK A FENCE & NOSED OVER. THE PLT OF N44WR & ANOTHER PLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND VELOCITY & DIRECTION WERE CHANGING RAPIDLY DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR THE ARPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N44WR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-2229
- Airframe hours: 6149
- Engines: CONTINENTAL W-670 220 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James E. Rose
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 1, 1986, 5 hours before
- Departed: SPX, HOUSTON, TX
- Airport: T41, Laporte Muni., runway 12, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: rear; flight hours: 678 total, 86 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °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 19860901043459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860901043459A), Sep 1, 1986: Boeing A75N1, La Porte, TX, Substantial damage. Landing at small field due to en route weather. Lost control began go around then aborted and hit a chain link fence

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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