# Accident 20150814015449A: Cessna 337F, Danbury, CT, August 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3706° N, 73.4831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3706&lon=-73.4831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8922M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8922M-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337F (registry code 2075725, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150814015449A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2015, APPROXIMATELY 15:05 N8992M, A CESSNA 337F SKYMASTER, S/N 33701322 PILOTED BY OWNER ^SEYMOUR WEINSTEIN^ WAS ON APPROACH TO DANBURY MUNICIPLE AIRPORT (DXR) RUNWAY 26L.  ^MR. WEINSTEIN'S^ FIRST ATTEMPTED LANDING RESULTED IN  NO FLARE AND HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL, AIRCRAFT BOUNCING 15'-20' OFF THE RUNWAY, IMMEDIATELY POWERED UP,  AND RADIOED A GO AROUND. ON ^MR. WEINSTEIN'S^ SECOND LANDING N8922M CAME IN FLAT AND FAST, FLARED AND BOUNCED 4', N8922M THEN NOSED OVER A SECOND TIME BOUNCED AND PORPOISED 12' HIGH BUT SHORTER LENGTH.  N8922M WAS NOSED OVER AGAIN ON 3RD RUNWAY CONTACT AND WAS RIGHT WING LOW -TAIL LOW, N8922M NEXT  CLIMBED TO 30' THEN NOSED OVER THE LAST TIME IMPACTING RUNWAY 26 DIRECTLY ON  THE NOSE GEAR, COLLAPSING N8922M'S NOSE GEAR, INCLUDING PROP STRIKE THEN SLID APPROXIMATELY 1000' INTO THE SOUTH SIDE GRASS OF RUNWAY 26 AND STOPPED. REAR ENGINE AND AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED DOWN THEN EXITED 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 GAA15CA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA228), Aug 14, 2015: Cessna 337F (N8922M), Danbury, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the landing, resulting in a hard landing, nose gear collapse, runway excursion, and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N8922M (1)

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

- [Accident 19730925031329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730925031329A), Sep 25, 1973: Cessna 337F (N8922M), Preston, MD, Substantial damage. All three wheels made trenches in very soft dirt surface. Strip used by otr acft abt 1/2 mile away.

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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