Cessna T337G N5CP

Summary

On 23 August 1993 at about 18:50 local time, a Cessna T337G registered N5CP was involved in an accident near Ormond Beach, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 August 1993 at 18:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Ormond Beach Municipal (OMN)

Coordinates

29.2795, -81.0606

Aircraft

Cessna T337G

Registration

N5CP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Sanford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA93FA182

1 person died.

WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER IN THE FRONT ENGINE AS THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING FLIGHT WITH A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THE REAR ENGINE, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE, PARTIALLY BLOCKED FUEL NOZZLES IN THE REAR ENGINE, AND OPERATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE PILOT WITH A KNOWN DEFICIENCY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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THE PILOT ARRIVED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE AFTER IT HAD BEEN PAINTED. BEFORE FLIGHT, HE WAS ADVISED THE REAR ENGINE WOULD ONLY DEVELOP 1500 RPM. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD TAKE OFF USING THE FRONT ENGINE & WOULD FEATHER THE REAR ENGINE, IF NECESSARY. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AS THE AIRPLANE WAS CLIMBING, WITNESSES HEARD A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY SILENCE. THE AIRPLANE WAS THEN OBSERVED TO BANK TO THE RIGHT & STALL. IT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE & LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. AN EXAM OF THE AIRFRAME REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT FLIGHT CONTROL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. DURING AN EXAM OF THE FRONT ENGINE, ABOUT 1/2 OUNCE OF WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL LINE FROM THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP. SEVERAL COMPONENTS ON THE REAR ENGINE WERE REPLACED; IT WAS STARTED, BUT IT WOULD ONLY DEVELOP 1800 RPM. THE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES WITH LINES ATTACHED WERE REMOVED & FLOW TESTED; UNEQUAL FUEL FLOW WAS NOTED FROM THE NOZZLES. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN IN APRIL 1983.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.