- Date
- October 1, 1992, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Brookston, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N90460Beech D18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921001040059A
- Case key
- 18587
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Probable cause
Smoke trailing from the left engine for an undetermined reason(s). Factors contributing to the accident were unsuitable terrain conditions.
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 takeoff, the pilot noticed black smoke trailing from the left engine. Suspecting a fire, he elected to land straight ahead in an open pasture. The pasture was wet and slightly downhill making braking ineffective. The airplane struck a large tree with the left wing, spinning the airplane 180 deg into a fence row. No evidence of an inflight fire was found on the left engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90460
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 937
- Airframe hours
- 4,610
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Burchinal, Issac N., Jr.
- Registered owner
- Burchinal, Issac N., Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 40F · Brookston, TX
- Destination
- 40F
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
- 64
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 26,000 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.