# Accident 19790921031519A: Cessna P337H, Spokane, WA, September 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1979, 07:55 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5JU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5JU-1980-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P337H (registry code 2075731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p337h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P337H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,087 total, 99 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FYP42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYP42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790921031519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO TURN OFF BOOST PUMPS FOR LANDING. ENGINES LOADED UP & QUIT. HIT FENCE SHORT OF RWY. FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 SEA79FYP42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYP42), Sep 21, 1979: Cessna P337 (N5JU), Spokane, WA, substantial damage

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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