N/A Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Padre Island, Texas
Tuesady, June 3, 2014 15:15 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On June 3, 2014, about 1515 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N734BY, Sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near North Padre Island, Texas. The pilot was not injured. The aircraft was registered to and operated by an individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not on a flight plan. The flight originated from the David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport near Houston, Texas, and was destined for the Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport, Port Isabel, Texas. The pilot reported that the airplane had been in cruise flight at 8,500 feet above mean sea level (msl) when the engine began running rough. He stated that he suspected the engine roughness may have been due to carburetor ice, or a fuel-air mixture that was too lean so he applied carburetor heat and set the mixture control to full rich. The engine continued to run rough. The pilot stated that he then attempted to switch fuel tanks, and cycled the ignition switch to test the magnetos. The pilot reported that the airplane had approximately twice the required amount of fuel for the flight. When all efforts to restore engine power failed, the pilot executed a forced landing on an island. During the landing, the tires sank into the soft sandy soil. Once the nose landing gear tire touched down, the tire sunk into the soft soil and the airplane nosed over.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/3/2014
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1515
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Padre Island
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2014
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport N/A
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1951 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 327
Weather Observation Facility ID CRP
Elevation of weather observation facility 18
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 23
Time Zone of the weather observation UTC
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
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) 32
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 21
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 90
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 14
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.93
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report METAR KCRP 031951Z 09014KT 10SM SCT035 32/21 A2993
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Nov 13 2014 11:56AM
User who most recently changed record brajo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N734BY
NTSB Number CEN14LA276
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 172N
Aircraft Series Identifier N
Aircraft Serial Number 17268737
Certified Max Gross Weight 2299
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? --
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats 4
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name BURKE JOHN E
Aircraft Owner Street Address 23434 LESTERGATE DR
Aircraft Owner City SPRING
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 773736719
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country USA
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 No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code DWH
Departure City HOUSTON
Departure State TX
Departure Country USA
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code PIL
Destination City PORT ISABEL
Destination State TX
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Nov 13 2014 11:19AM
User who most recently changed record brajo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location N/A
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --