# Accident 20050414009589A: Cessna 337G, Oakland, MD, April 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2005, 07:20 local time
- Place: Oakland, MD
- Airport: Garrett County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5775° N, 79.3392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5775&lon=-79.3392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53548, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53548-2010-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050414009589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT WAS NOT SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT AND HE ELECTED TO GO AROUND. PILOT WENT TO FULL POWER AND PULLED THE AIRCRAFT UP AND STALLED INTO THE TREES. THE RIGHT WING WAS SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED AND CAUGHT FIRE. PILOT AND EQUIPMENT OPERATOR HAD INJURIES AND WERE AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 IAD05LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA055), Apr 14, 2005: Cessna 337G (N53548), Oakland, MD, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush into the trees. A factor in the accident was the tailwind.

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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