Cessna C-337C N2524S

Summary

On 26 March 1983 at about 03:45 local time, a Cessna C-337C registered N2524S, operated by Jeffrey C. Wilson, was involved in an accident near Silver Springs, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 March 1983 at 03:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Silver Springs, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Silver Springs (X33)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna C-337C

Registration

N2524S

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Jeffrey C. Wilson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Smyrna Bch. → Silver Springs

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

MIA83FA101

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND DURING A NIGHT OPERATION. THE PLT HAD JUST RECENTLY ACQUIRED THE ACFT AND HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT LACKED CERTIFICATION IN THE ACFT. WITESSES HEARD THE ENGINES STOP AND START AT LEAST ONCE DURING THE GO-AROUND FOLLOWED BY THE NOISE OF A CRASH. THE PLT STATED THAT EVERTHING LOOKED GOOD DURING THE GO-AROUND UNTIL THEY REACHED 300 FT AGL WHEN THE ACFT STARTED TO VIBRATE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE ACFT COLLIDED IN A STEEP BANK, NOSE LOW ATTITUDEAND CARTWHEELED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FUEL ABOARD AS CALULATED BY THE SALESMEN. BY HIS FIGURES THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE CONTAINED 12 GALLONS OF FUEL AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND IT CONTAINED ABOUT 54 GALLONS. ABOUT 40OF THESE GALLONS WERE IN THE LEFT MAIN TANK AND 14 IN THE RIGHT AUX. THE REAR ENGINE WAS USING THE RIGHT AUX TANK. THE FRONT ENGINE WAS ON THE LEFT MAIN TANK, HOWEVER, NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FRONT ENGINE FUEL STAINER AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.