Beechcraft B36 N36LS

Summary

On 6 October 2019 at about 13:35 local time, a Beechcraft B36 registered N36LS was involved in an accident near Ranger, Texas, United States. 4 people were 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.

Date

6 October 2019 at 13:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Ranger, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Ranger Muni (F23)

Coordinates

32.4475, -98.6828

Aircraft

Beechcraft B36

Registration

N36LS

Category

Airplane

Year built

1984

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ranger → Forth Worth

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20LA004

Nobody was injured.

A lack of climb performance after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot and three passengers were departing on a cross-country flight from a turf runway. The pilot stated that he used a soft-field takeoff technique, and once the airplane became airborne in ground effect, it did not accelerate as expected. The engine was producing power; however, there was a lack of acceleration and a “mushy” feeling. The airspeed continued to decrease, and the pilot banked the airplane left to make an emergency landing off the left side of the runway. The pilot heard the airplane’s stall warning horn, and the airplane collided with small trees and came to rest upright. A postaccident test run of the engine revealed no anomalies that would have prevented normal operation or production of rated power. Data from an engine data monitor revealed that, during the accident takeoff, the engine speed reached about 2,700 rpm, the engine manifold pressure was 35.2 inches of mercury (inHg), and the fuel flow reached 40.5 gallons per hour (gph). A review of the previous three flights showed that the fuel flow regularly reached 38 to 40 gph during takeoff. The airplane flight manual stated that at 2,700 rpm and 36.0 inHg, the maximum fuel flow was 34.2 gph. The reason for this difference was not determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.