Cessna 337G accident near Prescott, AZ
On September 2, 2006, a Cessna 337G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Prescott, AZ. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 2, 2006
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Aircraft
- Cessna 337G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.639°N, 112.447°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060911X01325
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 2, 2006, about 0923 mountain standard time, a Cessna 337G, N1893M, collided with wires during the initial climb out from Ernest A. Love Field, Prescott, Arizona. The owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The private pilot, an airline transport pilot rated passenger, and another passenger were killed. A post-crash fire destroyed the airplane. The local personal flight departed about 2 minutes earlier. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. An operations technician at the airport reported that the airplane taxied to his facility for fuel. The female pilot informed him that they had not flown for a while, and were going to practice touch-and-goes at Seligman, Arizona, and possibly Williams, Arizona. He was standing on the patio at his facility (less than 1,000 feet from the departure end of runway 21L), and observed N1893M depart on 21L. The airplane was about 50 feet above ground level (agl) as it flew past the departure threshold. The airplane flew over the golf course at the end of the airport boundary, and never gained altitude. He went back inside his building, and the power went off. Another operations technician stated that he topped off the airplane's fuel tanks with 89.6 gallons of fuel. The older of two males asked him to fill both tanks 1-2 inches before the top. During the fueling process, the older gentleman had indicated that they were going sightseeing around Arizona. The technician stated that the gentleman checked the left tan
Probable cause
A loss of power in the rear engine for undermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to promptly and correctly configure the airplane for single engine flight, and to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall mush.
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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.
