# Incident 19980712025829I: Cessna T337E, Ontario, CA, July 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1998, 16:18 local time
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Airport: Ontario International Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0560° N, 117.6012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ONTARIO INTL (ONT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0560&lon=-117.6012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1247M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1247M-2018-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337E (registry code 2075723, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 38 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980712025829I

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 337, N1247M REPORTEDLY LOST POWER ON BOTH ENGINES AND DIVERTED TO ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ONTARIO, CA. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. AIRCRAFT ENGINES REMAINED AT IDLE, NO RESPONSE TO THROTTLE INPUT. PILOT ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS 40 GALLONS OF JET A FUEL MIX WITH 100 LOW LEAD AVGAS. ISIS INFORMATION SHOWS MR ROBERTS MEDICAL WAS LAST COMPLETED IN 1993. FROM TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION WITH MR ROBERTS HIS ACTUAL DATE FOR MEDICAL IS MAY 19, 1995. THIS AIRCRAFT DID NOT LOSE POWER ON BOTH ENGINES. IT HAD A ENGINE TACHOMETER INDICATION PROBLEM. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TACHOMETER WORKS OFF A BATTERY POWER. THE CHARGING SYSTEM ON THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO KEEP THE BATTERY AT A FULL CHARGE DUE TO A BAD WIRE CONNECTION AT THE ALTERNATOR. WIRE WAS REPAIRED, CHARGING SYSTEM OPERATES LINE AND TACHOMETER INDICATES PROPERLY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1247M (1)

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

- [Incident 19850610065179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850610065179I), Jun 10, 1985: Cessna T337 (N1247M), Fullerton, CA. Front engine quit after takeoff. Fuel vaporization due to unknown cause. Off airport landing without 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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