Cessna P337H N5HN
5 August 2000 · Alabaster, Alabama, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 5 August 2000 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna P337H registered N5HN was involved in an accident near Alabaster, Alabama, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Alabaster, Alabama, United States
- Nearest airport
- Shelby County (EET)
- Coordinates
- 33.2197, -86.8204
- Aircraft
- Cessna P337H
- Registration
- N5HN
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Gallatin → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA00LA232
People
3 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Probable cause
a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons resulting in a forced landing and subsequent impact with the ground. A factor in this accident was that the pilot did not obtain the proper touchdown point upon landing and landed long.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that he landed long and decided to make "...a standard go-around with full rpm and mixture. The engines did not produce the necessary power to sustain flight." He made the decision not to land in the nose down position and "at the last seconds pulled the nose up for a full stall landing." The airplane had landed on runway 15, which was 3,797 feet long and 75 feet wide. The examinations of the engines and the propellers revealed no discrepancies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna P337H accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2001 | Cessna P337H | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Oct 2005 | Cessna P337H | Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Mar 1994 | Cessna P337H | N. Little Rock, Arkansas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Jun 2008 | Cessna P337H | Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 May 2012 | Cessna P337H | Jerome, Idaho, United States | Glenn Arrington | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 2013 | Cessna P337H | San Luis Obispo, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2000 | Bell 47G-3B-2 | Pine Hill, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Feb 2000 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Fayette, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jun 2000 | Cessna 172H | Foley, Alabama, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2000 | Siai-Marchetti F260B | Meridianville, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Oct 2000 | McDonnell Douglas MD-80 | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | Continental Airlines | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 2000 | University of Alabama MINI-500 | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |