# Accident 20090326003959A: Cessna 337C, Stillwater, OK, March 26, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2009, 20:30 local time
- Place: Stillwater, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0798° N, 97.0697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0798&lon=-97.0697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N373E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N373E-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337C (registry code 2075712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337C
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,620 total, 139 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090326003959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PILOT OF CESSNA 337, N373E) DEPARTED A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATED ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF THE STILLWATER, OK AIRPORT.  WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATE THE PILOT DEPARTED ABOUT 0810 (CDT) AND MANEUVERED CLOSE TO THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT ABOUT 0830 (CDT).  THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT ONE FOURTH MILE WEST OF THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.  WITNESSES STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INTENDING TO FLY TO THE STILLWATER AIRPORT FOR FUEL.  THE FUEL DRAINED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE RECOVERY WAS ABOUT 6 GALLONS.  INVESTIGATION OF THE WRECKAGE, INDICATES THAT THE FRONT ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING AND THAT THE REAR ENGINE WAS NOT UNDER POWER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL AT THE REAR ENGINE.

## 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 CEN09FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA230), Mar 27, 2009: Cessna 337C (N373E), Stillwater, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The total loss of dual engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate fuel planning.

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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