Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Baytown Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Baytown, Texas 77521
Monday, July 7, 2014 21:01 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 7, 2014, at 2101 central daylight time, a Cessna 172H single engine airplane, N3732R, was substantially damaged during an off-airport forced landing at Baytown, Texas. The pilot and both passengers sustained serious injuries. No persons on the ground were injured. The airplane was registered to a private individual and operated by a different private individual. Night visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident and a flight plan had not been filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane had departed Baytown Airport (HPY), Baytown, Texas, about 2000 for a local flight.
The pilot reported that he departed HPY and flew around the local area for about an hour on a sightseeing flight. During his first landing he decided to do a touch-and-go. During initial climb, when the airplane was about 400 feet above ground level (agl), there was a complete loss of power. The pilot identified a forced landing area to his direct front and maneuvered the airplane to touchdown in a flat clear area which was immediately adjacent to two lighted baseball diamonds in a city park. When the airplane was at 50 feet agl the right wing impacted the bottom set of wires on a 100 foot tall electrical transmission line. The pilot reported that he never saw the wires, but saw a bright flash as he came in contact with them. Control was lost and the airplane impacted terrain and a fence on the edge of the unoccupied baseball diamond. The airplane came to rest inverted and there was no postimpact fire. Emergency responders arrived quickly and extracted the victims from the wreckage.
At 2050 the automated weather observing system at Ellington Airport (EFD), Houston, Texas, about 16 nautical miles southwest from the accident site, reported wind from 160 degrees at 4 knots, visibility of 10 miles, scattered clouds at 18,000 feet, broken clouds at 25,000 feet, temperature 28 degrees Celsius (C), dew point 24 degrees C, with an altimeter setting of 30.00 inches of Mercury.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/7/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 2101 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Baytown |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 77521 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 294632N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0945626W |
| Event Location Airport | BAYTOWN |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | HPY |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 135 |
| Airport Elevation | 33 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2050 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 231 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KEFD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 32 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 15 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 25000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 18000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 24 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 160 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 4 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 3 |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA ASW Reg'L Opns Center - Ft |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 11 2014 5:01PM |
| User who most recently changed record | latt |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3732R |
| NTSB Number | CEN14LA347 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 172H |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 17255532 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2299 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 2 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| 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 | HARVEY W FLYNT |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 107 LAZY LN |
| Aircraft Owner City | BAYTOWN |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 775201346 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | GARY FLYNT |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | BAYTOWN |
| Operator State | TX |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 77520 |
| 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 | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | HPY |
| Departure City | Baytown |
| Departure State | TX |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | HPY |
| Destination City | Baytown |
| Destination State | TX |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 8 2014 10:36PM |
| User who most recently changed record | latt |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 14 |
| Runway Length | 4334 |
| Runway Width | 60 |
| Sight Seeing flight | -- |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |