Cessna T337H accident near Buena Park, CA
On January 5, 2002, a Cessna T337H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Buena Park, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 5, 2002
- Place
- Buena Park, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna T337H · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.869°N, 117.990°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020123X00102
Official records · LAX02FA061
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 5, 2002, at 1259 Pacific standard time, a Cessna T337H, N1348L, collided with terrain in Buena Park, California. The airplane rolled to a vertical nose down attitude while in a right turn from base to final for landing on runway 06 at Fullerton Municipal Airport, Fullerton, California. The commercial pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot sustained fatal injuries; the collision sequence and post crash fire destroyed the airplane. The personal local flight departed Fullerton about 1245. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The primary wreckage was at 33 degrees 52.161 minutes north latitude and 117 degrees 59.418 minutes west longitude. The National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge (IIC) interviewed the air traffic control tower (ATCT) controller that handled the airplane as it approached Fullerton. The pilot contacted the ATCT and said that he was 20 miles east and inbound for landing. The controller cleared him into the traffic pattern on the south side of the airport for right traffic to runway 06, because there were slower planes in the pattern on the north side for left traffic. The controller cleared the airplane to land, and watched the airplane execute a continuous right turn while it was on the base leg for landing. The controller thought that the airplane appeared to be a little high and that the landing gear down was not down. The controller informed the pilot that the gear did not appear to be down, and then saw the airplane r
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing approach. Factors included the pilot's distraction when informed that his landing gear was not down, and his impairment from the effects of prescription drugs.
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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.
