A be-36 suffered partial loss of power shortly after takeoff and returned to the departure airport m...

Attributes
ACN	889337
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bonanza 36
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 1800 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Object
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 400

Narrative:

After departing and approaching approximately 500 AGL; the engine lost power and would no longer climb. At the time my position was one quarter mile south of the departure end of the runway. When the engine stopped producing excess thrust; I turned the aircraft left to enter a left crosswind to downwind for the runway. Due to my low altitude and position in relation to buildings and towers near the airport; I turned prior to requesting permission from tower. After the turn had been initiated; I told tower I would be returning to the runway for landing. Due to the aircraft's inability to climb; I came within a few hundred feet of a water tower on the east side of the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE-36 suffered partial loss of power shortly after takeoff and returned to the departure airport maintaining only the altitude gained prior to the loss.

Narrative: After departing and approaching approximately 500 AGL; the engine lost power and would no longer climb. At the time my position was one quarter mile south of the departure end of the runway. When the engine stopped producing excess thrust; I turned the aircraft left to enter a left crosswind to downwind for the runway. Due to my low altitude and position in relation to buildings and towers near the airport; I turned prior to requesting permission from Tower. After the turn had been initiated; I told Tower I would be returning to the runway for landing. Due to the aircraft's inability to climb; I came within a few hundred feet of a water tower on the east side of the airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A be-36 suffered partial loss of power shortly after takeoff and returned to the departure airport maintaining only the altitude gained prior to the loss.