Cessna 337B accident near St. George, UT
On September 24, 2001, a Cessna 337B (airplane) was involved in an accident near St. George, UT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 24, 2001
- Place
- St. George, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 337B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.181°N, 113.600°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011004X02041
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 24, 2001, approximately 1615 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 337B, N337PM, operated by Aero West Jet Center, was destroyed when it collided with a powerline and impacted a highway in the town of St. George, Utah. The airline transport certificated pilot, the sole occupant aboard, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the ferry flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated in Mesquite, Nevada, approximately 1555. The owner brought the airplane to St. George in April 2000 to have it completely restored. The pilot flew the airplane to Mesquite on February 8, 2001, where it was repainted. The interior --- including avionics and most of the instruments --- had been removed, and refurbishing was scheduled for a later date. On the day of the accident, a flight student of the pilot, who was a flight instructor, flew him to Mesquite in a Cessna 172. The pilot was to ferry N337PM back to St. George. The student watched the pilot sump both inboard wing tanks. When no fuel came out of the right inboard tank, the pilot taxied the airplane over to the fuel pumps, and told the student to "put 15 gallons [of fuel] in each side." In an interview conducted on September 26, the student was asked to identify which tanks he fueled. Using another Cessna 337 parked on the ramp at St. George, he pointed to the left and right inboard tanks. When the refueling was finished, the pilot started both engines, taxied to the runway, and took off. The student followed in the Cessna 17
Probable cause
total loss of engine power on both engines due to fuel starvation and the pilot's inability to access the available fuel supply. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequate supervision of the refueling operation, and his intentional operation of the airplane with known deficiencies in equipment (no fuel selector valve handles or placards installed).
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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.
