Charping Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Temple, Texas 76504
Saturday, August 16, 2003 14:05 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The 1,696-hour pilot reported that during takeoff roll on a 2,575-foot grass runway, "the aircraft failed to attain proper airspeed for takeoff," and struck the edge of a road approximately eight feet from the departure end of the runway. Subsequently, the airplane bounced, continued through the middle of a metal barn, coming to rest upright approximately 100 feet beyond the barn.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed and his failure to abort the takeoff roll resulting in an overrun.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/16/2003
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1405
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Temple
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 76504
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 311136N
Event Location Longitude 0972426W
Event Location Airport Charping Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 5TA1
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 683
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1435 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 174
Weather Observation Facility ID TPL
Elevation of weather observation facility 682
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 2
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 4800
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 33
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 120
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 7
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.09
Density Altitude (feet) 2790
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 15149
NTSB Notification Source FAa Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date Aug 16 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2049
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 30 2004 8:14AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office San Antonio FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N93PP
NTSB Number FTW03LA202
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model BE-36TC
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number EA-531
Certified Max Gross Weight 3866
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 4 2002 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 75.8
Airframe Hours 1400
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Merrill G. Shelley
Aircraft Owner Street Address 10914 Lake Whitney Drive
Aircraft Owner City Temple
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 76502
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code 5TA1
Departure City Temple
Departure State TX
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1405
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code TVK
Destination City CENTERVILLE
Destination State IA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred Yes
Date of most recent change to record Jan 31 2004 1:06PM
User who most recently changed record CASH
Since inspection or accident Last Inspection
Event Location Runway Number and Location 19
Runway Length 2575
Runway Width 90
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --