# Accident 20050626012619A: Cessna 337G, Mojave, CA, June 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2005, 15:08 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Mojave
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0667° N, 118.1833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0667&lon=-118.1833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3BZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3BZ-2012-09-25) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,164 total, 860 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050626012619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N3BZ, A CESSNA 337G, DEPARTED MOJAVE AIRPORT (MHV) MOJAVE, CA, AT 1508 HOURS PDT, ON SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2005, WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND AND 3 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. AFTER REACHING APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND, MAKING A HARD GEAR-UP LANDING, COLLIDING WITH A LIGHT POLE AND BUILDING, AND A POST IMPACT FIRE, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 LAX05LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA216), Jun 26, 2005: Cessna 337G (N3BZ), Mojave, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's encounter with a downdraft or wind shear during takeoff the initial climb.

## Other reports on N3BZ (1)

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

- [Incident 19820309009369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820309009369I), Mar 9, 1982: Cessna 337 (N3BZ), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Landing gear would not extend. Landed gear up. Gear selector solenoid 988-1-201 jammed in up position.

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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