# Accident 20060306002149A: Cessna C37, Stonewall, OK, March 6, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2006, 12:55 local time
- Place: Stonewall, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5692° N, 96.6361° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5692&lon=-96.6361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18045, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18045-2007-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna C-37 (registry code 2070802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-c-37) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Warner SS40&50 (registry code 64503, https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss40-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C37
- Reported engine: WARNER SCARAB50A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060306002149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 6, 2006, A CESSNA C-37, N18045, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^, TOOK OFF FROM HIS PERSONAL SOD RUNWAY IN STONEWALL, OK. THE EVENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 PM, APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER TAKE OFF THE PILOT TURNED TO THE LEFT (SOUTH) BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. THE RUNWAY LIES IN A SW BY NE HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED A TREE, THEN THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A POWER LINE BEFORE IT HIT ANOTHER TREE AND A HOUSE FOUNDATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS WERE REPORTED TO BE IN THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME AND ARE BELIEVED TO BE DESTROYED. ONE BLADE SEPARATED FROM THE PROPELLER HUB AND TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 120 FEET FROM THE INITIAL GROUND STRIKE. THE PART WAS FROM THE PROPELLER ROOT, AND ANOTHER PIECE WAS FOUND THAT HAD BEEN BURNED BUT MATED UP TO THE OTHER PIECE OF THE PROPELLER. THE BLADE THAT WAS STILL WITH THE PROPELLER HUB WAS DAMAGED BY THE FIRE. THE ENGINE COULD BE ROTATED BUT DID NOT HAVE COMPRESSION. SOME OF THE VALVE PUSH RODS WERE WORKING AND SOME WERE NOT. A NUMBER OF THE PUSH ROD COVERS WERE MELTED BY THE FIRE.(-23 AMENDMENT) WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE OPERATOR'S PILOT RECORDS.

## 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 DFW06LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA078), Mar 6, 2006: Cessna C-37 (N18045), Fittstown, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a cracked cylinder head. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain available to the pilot for the forced landing.

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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