Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
West Houston Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Houston, Texas 77094
Tuesady, August 26, 2014 18:45 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 26, 2014, at 1800 central daylight time, N8176M, a Beechcraft A-36, sustained substantial damage on takeoff from West Houston Airport (IWS), Houston, Texas. The private pilot and the three passengers were not injured. An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the personal flight that was destined for Monroe, Louisiana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Aviation Regulations Part 91.
The pilot stated that he conducted a preflight inspection and engine run-up before takeoff and everything was normal. He then departed and rotated at 85 knots and the airplane began to climb. The pilot said, "A couple of seconds into the climb, I seemed to have a performance/power loss - no ability to climb. I leveled the nose in an attempt to gain airspeed - then slightly down. I engaged the landing gear up-switch, the plane began to descend." The airplane then landed back on its belly and slid off the runway into the dirt.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector was at the airport and witnessed the accident. He said he watched the airplane depart and cross in front of him from left to right "with a nose high attitude and in an exaggerated cross control condition." The inspector estimated the tail of the airplane was about 10 feet above the surface of the runway. The airplane disappeared from the inspector's view for a brief second and the next time he saw the airplane it was sliding on its belly into the dirt. The inspector immediately went over to the airplane and observed that it had sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage and firewall. The three bladed propeller came to rest in the 12, 4 and 8 o'clock position. The 12 o'clock blade was missing approximately 4 inches from the tip and bent backwards in an arc covering approximately 2/3's of the blade. The 4 and 8 o'clock blades where intact and where bent backwards similar to the 12 o'clock blade.
The pilot held a private pilot certificate for airplane single-engine land. He reported a total of 928 hours, of which, 149 hours were in the same make/model as the accident airplane.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/26/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1845 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Houston |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 77094 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 292924N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0952400E |
| Event Location Airport | West Houston |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | IWS |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 111 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| 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 | 4 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 4 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | HOU FSDO |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 30 2014 4:55PM |
| User who most recently changed record | yeal |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8176M |
| NTSB Number | CEN14LA458 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | -- |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | A36 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | UNDESIGNAT |
| Aircraft Serial Number | E-2602 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3650 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| 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 | N8176M LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | WEST MONROE |
| Aircraft Owner State | LA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 712920926 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | N8176M LLC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | WEST MONROE |
| Operator State | LA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 712920926 |
| 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 | IWS |
| Departure City | Houston |
| Departure State | TX |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1800 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | -- |
| Destination City | -- |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 30 2014 4:55PM |
| User who most recently changed record | yeal |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 15 |
| Runway Length | 3953 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |