Cessna T337G accident near Lakeland, FL
On January 14, 2005, a Cessna T337G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lakeland, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 14, 2005
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna T337G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 27.989°N, 82.018°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050125X00104
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 14, 2005, about 1537 eastern standard time, a Cessna T337G, N42WA, registered to Aerolease of America, Inc., and operated by a private individual, crashed shortly after takeoff at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL), Lakeland, Florida, to Tallahassee Regional Airport, Tallahassee, Florida. Impact forces and a postcrash fire destroyed the airplane, and the airline transport-rated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. According to the local controller of the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport Air Traffic Control Tower, the flight was cleared to takeoff from runway 27 and to climb on runway heading. He did not observe the point of rotation, but reported the airplane was in a normal climb attitude when the flight was airborne approximately 1,000 feet down the runway. The flight continued and when it was approximately 500 feet more down the length of the runway, he observed the airplane pitch up to between an estimated 30-45 degrees, then leveled off at an estimated altitude of between 150-200 feet above ground level. At that time the flight was abeam runway 27 and taxiway "B." Approximately 5 seconds later, the wings were noted to rock up and down and the airplane drifted north of the north edge of the runway. The airplane rolled nose and left wing low, then appeared to level off be
Probable cause
The pilot's operation of the airplane with known deficiencies in equipment related to pitch, an abrupt pitch-up during the initial climb after takeoff for undetermined reasons and the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed (Vs) resulting in inadvertent stall, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain.
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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.
