# Accident 19980517009509A: Cessna 337B, Montgomery, NY, May 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1998, 15:21 local time
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5196° N, 74.2309° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5196&lon=-74.2309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5471S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5471S-2009-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337B (registry code 2075706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337B
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517009509A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DEPARTED FROM RWY 21 WITH REAR ENGINE SHUTDOWN. DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT AND SUBSEQ CRASHED. ORANGE COUNTY, NY (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AIRPORT WITH REAR ENGINE SHUT DOWN. PILOT STATED HE WAS GOING TO TAKEOFF ON ONE ENGINE. AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE OFF END OF THE RUNWAY.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (.4)THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO START THE REAR ENGINE OF THE CESSNA 337. HE THEN TOLD SOME PEOPLE HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A SINGLE ENGINE TAKEOFF. THE PILOT INITIATED A TAKEOFF WITH THE REAR ENGINE NOT OPERATING AND THE REAR PROPELLER NOT FEATHERED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO USE ALL OF THE 5,000 FOOT RUNWAY TO BECOME AIRBORNE. AFTER LIFT-OFF, THE AIRPLANE DID NOT CLIMB, AND IT IMPACTED TREES OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. AN FAA INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A PLACARD IN THE COCKPIT WHICH STATED, 'DO NOT INITITATE SINGLE ENGINE TAKEOFF.' EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE REAR PROPELLER WAS NOT FEATHERED, AND THE FRONT PROPELLER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE AT THE CRANKSHAFT.

## 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 NYC98LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA110), May 17, 1998: Cessna 337B (N5471S), Montgomery, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper decision to initiate a takeoff with the rear engine inoperative, which resulted in an airplane that could not climb sufficiently to clear obstacles (trees).

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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