# Accident 20100315029329A: Cessna T337G, Shelby, NC, March 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2010, 13:40 local time
- Place: Shelby, NC
- Airport: Shelby-Cleveland County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2558° N, 81.6006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2558&lon=-81.6006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74E-2012-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337G (registry code 2075726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,311 total, 443 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100315029329A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED HE WAS RETURNING FROM THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, LANDING RWY 23. APPROACH SPEED WAS BETWEEN 75 AND 85 KNOTS WITH A RIGHT HAND CROSSWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 15 KNOTS AND ON GLIDE SLOPE PER VASI.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RWY 23 MARKINGS IN THE THRESHOLD STRIPES, APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET SHORT OF INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT, SHEARING THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR LEG APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES ABOVE THE AXLE ATTACHMENT. EVIDENCE OF FIRST TOUCHDOWN INCLUDED THREE TIRE MARKS, IMPACT OF BELLY SCOOP, PROP STRIKES, AND ASPHALT DAMAGE FROM BROKEN GEAR LEG. THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED, TOUCH DOWNED APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT HAND WING TIP MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY BEFORE VEERING RIGHT AND EXITING THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COMING TO REST IN A DRAINAGE AREA APPROXIMATELY 1300 FEET FROM THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN POINT.

## 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 ERA10LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA177), Mar 15, 2010: Cessna T337G (N74E), Shelby, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and touchdown during landing in gusty crosswind conditions.

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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