# Accident 19790514011829A: Cessna 337, Kissimmee, FL, May 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1979, 18:55 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5375S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5375S-1982-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337A (registry code 2075704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Reported engine: CONT IO360D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 979 total, 5 in this make and model, 213 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLO65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLO65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790514011829A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOTH ENGINES QUIT WHILE ON BASE LEG. AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES. FLIPPED OVER, AND BURNED. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FLO65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLO65), May 14, 1979: Cessna 337 (N5375S), Kissimmee, FL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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