Cessna P337H accident near Port St. Lucie, FL

On October 19, 2005, a Cessna P337H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Port St. Lucie, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

October 19, 2005

Place

Port St. Lucie, FL

Aircraft

Cessna P337H · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

27.305°N, 80.336°W

NTSB ID

20051028X01748

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 19, 2005, about 1457 eastern daylight time, a Cessna P337H, N5HU, registered to River Aviation, Inc., and operated by the pilot as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, impacted a residence in an uncontrolled descent in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The private pilot, the sole occupant, received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the cross country flight. The flight originated in Boca Raton, Florida, about 1431, and the intended destination was Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. According to recorded radar data provided by Palm Beach (PBI) approach control, N5HU departed Boca Raton Airport under visual flight rules (VFR) at 1431 and headed northbound. The pilot contacted PBI at 1434, requesting VFR flight following. The controller acknowledged, told the pilot that PBI already had an IFR flight plan on file, and asked if the pilot wished to fly under IFR instead of VFR. The pilot responded that he wanted to go direct to Ormond Beach, and that if he could do so, he would accept an IFR clearance. The controller advised that such a route would be possible at or below 9,000 feet and instructed the pilot to squawk 3574. After radar identifying N5HU, the PBI controller cleared the pilot to Myrtle Beach (MRB) via radar vectors west of the PBI airport area, then direct to Vero Beach, Melbourne, Ormond Beach, Craig, direct MRB. The pilot acknowledged. At 1441, the pilot asked to deviate to the east to go around some b

Probable cause

The pilot's continued flight into an area of known convective weather, resulting in a loss of aircraft control. Contributing factors were the failure of the FAA center controller to provide information on depicted severe weather to the pilot and the controller's delay in providing requested navigational assistance until it was too late to provide the pilot with effective assistance in avoiding sev

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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.