- Date
- December 29, 1991, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tyler, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N111RVBeech 95-C55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911229062619A
- Case key
- 18428
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to feather the propeller and maintain directional control. Factors were the lose of power on one engine for undetermined reasons and the soft terrain.
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
During a daytime initial takeoff climb, the pilot experienced a complete loss of right engine power. The pilot reported that he started to lose directional control and made a decision to reduce power on the left engine and land straight ahead on the terrain. The pilot further stated that he did not feather the right propeller. The airplane sustained substantial damage as the right main gear collapsed during the landing roll. An engine test run, with the engine attached to the airframe, was successful, revealing no cause for the power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111RV
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE-292
- Airframe hours
- 4,668
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C2B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rodger T. Paxton
- Registered owner
- Rodger T. Paxton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1990 · 23 hours before
- Destination
- 11R · Brenham, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TYR · Tyler Pounds, runway 17, 5,065 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,233 total · 33 in this make and model · 1,118 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.