# Accident 19980813020699A: Cessna T337E, Portland, OR, August 13, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1998, 10:00 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland/Hillsboro Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5806° N, 122.9093° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5806&lon=-122.9093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78SC-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337E (registry code 2075723, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337E
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 60 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980813020699A

## Narrative

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

ACFT BOUNCED ON LANDING, LOST CONTROL, AND VEERED OFF THE RWY. (-23)PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE A NUMBER OF TOUCH AND GO'S. ON THE LAST TOUCH AND GO, HE STATED THAT THE SEAT HAD MOVED TO THE REAR CAUSING HIM TO GRAB FOR THE CONTORLS.  HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 SEA98LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA162), Aug 13, 1998: Cessna T337E (N78SC), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The disengagement of the pilot seat forward and aft movement locking pin, followed by the pilot's seat sliding to the rear of the seat track.

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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