# Accident 19791031036859A: Cessna T337C, Hesperia, CA, October 31, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1979, 17:25 local time
- Place: Hesperia, CA
- Airport: Air Lodge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4264° N, 117.3009° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hesperia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4264&lon=-117.3009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2555S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2555S-1981-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337C (registry code 2075714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 839 total, 555 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791031036859A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS SEEN TO TRAIL SMOKE ON TAKEOFF, THEN DESCEND. HIT TREES ON HILLSIDE. CAUSE OF SMOKE/ENGINE TROUBLE UNKNOWN

## 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 LAX80FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA009), Oct 31, 1979: Cessna T337C (N2555S), Hesperia, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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