Beechcraft V35B N800JT
30 September 2015 · Houston, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 September 2015 at about 20:30 local time, a Beechcraft V35B registered N800JT was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- West Houston (IWS)
- Coordinates
- 29.8233, -95.6753
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft V35B
- Registration
- N800JT
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1971
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Houston → Houston
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA15CA295
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly secure the cabin door prior to takeoff, resulting in the door opening during takeoff, an aborted takeoff, runway overrun, and collision with terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The private pilot reported that this was his first solo flight in this airplane. During the takeoff roll, the pilot reported that the main cabin door "popped open" around 60 knots. Believing he had sufficient runway remaining to stop, he reduced power to idle and applied "maximum braking." Subsequently, the airplane overran the runway surface and came to rest in a creek about 72 feet past the end of the runway. The pilot reported that the braking action available was "insufficient" to stop within the remaining runway distance. During a postaccident examination, a Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector performed an inspection and functional check of the brakes and no anomalies were found. Additionally, the inspector found skid marks that were 501 feet in length before the end of the runway. The left and right wing both sustained substantial damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft V35B accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep 2015 | Beechcraft V35B | Wilmington, North Carolina, United States | Western Flying Club Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 2015 | Beechcraft V35B | Long View, North Carolina, United States | Jayson Jarvis | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Apr 2015 | Beechcraft V35B | Wetumpka, Alabama, United States | Power Daniel N | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 2015 | Beechcraft V35B | Colbert, Oklahoma, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 Dec 2015 | Beechcraft V35B | Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States | Beech V-35 LLC | No injuries | - |
| 25 Oct 2014 | Beechcraft V35B | Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States | J & J Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
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