# Accident 19890819030469A: Cessna T337D, Howell, MI, August 19, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1989, 18:20 local time
- Place: Howell, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6081° N, 83.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Howell, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6081&lon=-83.9343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33N-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337D (registry code 2075719, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 51 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890819030469A

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION CAUSED FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT. MAIN TANKS EMPTY,SOME FUEL IN AUX. GAUGES INDICATED INCORRECTLY.

## 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 CHI89LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA172), Aug 19, 1989: Cessna T-337D (N33N), Howell, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND INACCURATE FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL'S NOT PERFORMING CORRECT CALIBRATION OF FUEL GAGES.

## Other reports on N33N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020901026459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020901026459A), Sep 1, 2002: Cessna T337D (N33N), Fort Pierce, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft crashed into drainage canal three quarters of mile short of Fort Pierce airport runway 9. The pilot stated that the front engine shut down and…

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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