Cessna T337G accident near Ormond Beach, FL
On August 23, 1993, a Cessna T337G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ormond Beach, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 23, 1993
- Place
- Ormond Beach, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna T337G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.279°N, 81.061°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13192
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 23, 1993, about 1450 eastern daylight time, a Cessna T337G, N5CP, registered to Cheetah Express, Inc., crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, Ormond Beach, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the flight. The airplane was destroyed by postcrash fire and the private-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The flight originated from the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, Ormond Beach, Florida, about 1445. The airplane had been painted and the day before the accident flight, the accident pilot asked the owner of the paint shop to fly the airplane to Sanford, Florida. The owner, who is an FAA certificated airframe and powerplant mechanic started both engines and discovered that the rear engine would only develop 1500 rpm. Several combinations of changes in the mixture control, fuel boost pump, and fuel selector valve positions were unsuccessful to restore full rated rpm (2800). When the mixture control was in the full rich position, the engine would "...flood out and would only run smooth when the mixture was near idle cutoff...." Each magneto drop was even between 100 and 150 rpm. The front engine operated normally. He advised the accident pilot that he would not fly the airplane. At about 1000 on the day of the accident, 20.0 gallons of fuel were added, 10 gallons each to the main fuel tanks. There were no reported problems with any of the other airplanes who were refueled by the truck. According to the me
Probable cause
WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER IN THE FRONT ENGINE AS THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING FLIGHT WITH A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THE REAR ENGINE, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE, PARTIALLY BLOCKED FUEL NOZZLES IN THE REAR ENGINE, AND
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
