# Accident 20130624025569A: Cessna P337H, San Luis Obispo, CA, June 24, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2013, 12:55 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2506° N, 120.6658° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2506&lon=-120.6658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N337LJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N337LJ-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P337H (registry code 2075731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p337h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P337H
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL CONT TSIO 360CB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,181 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13FA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA289) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130624025569A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA ON JUNE 24, 2013, AT 1255 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA P337H, N337LJ, OWNED AND OPERATED BY CSC SOLUTIONS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO CALIFORNIA COLLIDED WITH POWER TRANSMISSIONS LINES. SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A BUILDING, AND A DELIVERY TRUCK. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO CSC SOLUTIONS LLC, AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES; THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND POST IMPACT FIRE. THE INTENDED COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS TO DEPART SAN LUIS OBISPO WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF PALO ALTO AIRPORT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

ACCORDING TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL LOCATED IN SAN LUIS OBISPO CONTROL TOWER, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE INTENDED TO PERFORM A HIGH SPEED TAXI, FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE FLIGHT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THEN PERFORM A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, AND THEN FINALLY A DEPARTURE. A SERIES OF SECURITY CAMERAS LOCATED AT A FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO) ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY 29 MIDFIELD POSITION RECORDED VARIOUS SEGMENTS OF THE FLIGHT SEQUENCES. THE RECORDINGS REVEALED THAT DURING THE FINAL DEPARTURE, FOLLOWING THE TOUCH-AND-GO, THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO UTILIZE ALMOST THE FULL RUNWAY LENGTH FOR THE GROUND ROLL, THEN CLIMB TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 150 FEET AGL. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE PILOT TRANSMITTED, ?MAYDAY MAYDAY? OVER THE TOWER FREQUENCY; THE TOWER CONTROLLER RESPONDED, AND A BROKEN TRANSMISSION OF, ?UH? WAS THEN HEARD. THERE WERE NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS FROM 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 WPR13FA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA289), Jun 24, 2013: Cessna P337H (N337LJ), San Luis Obispo, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Loss of engine power from the rear engine for reasons that could not be determined because of the postimpact thermal damage to the engine. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's decision to…

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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