- Date
- August 17, 1992, 22:40 local (Aug 18, 1992, 03:40 UTC)
- Place
- La Porte, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4604DBeech G35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920817031589A
- Case key
- 18556
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors were the dark night and the lack of suitable terrain available for the forced landing.
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
A commercial pilot experienced a total loss of engine power on a right crosswind while climbing through 400 feet AGL when departing on a short night cross country. The pilot elected to continue his right turn towards the airport while he performed the emergency procedures to try to reestablish the engine power. The airport fire station and power lines were in his descending path so the pilot attempted to stretch his glide to clear the obstacles. The airplane stalled and impacted the terrain 200 feet short of the runway. The nature of the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4604D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-4781
- Airframe hours
- 3,428
- Engine
- Continental E225, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Woolsey, Roger E.
- Registered owner
- Woolsey, Roger E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1992 · 14 hours before
- Destination
- EFD · Houston, TX
- Airport
- T41 · La Porte Muni, runway 5, 3,000 × 75 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 341 total · 11 in this make and model · 244 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EFD, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.