# Accident 20180630008939A: Cessna 337F, Baldwin City, KS, June 30, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2018, 11:55 local time
- Place: Baldwin City, KS
- Airport: Vinland Valley Aerodrome
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8361° N, 95.1819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8361&lon=-95.1819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107BL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N107BL) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,709 total, 47 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180630008939A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE REAR ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE PROP AS PART OF EXPLORING THE SINGLE ENGINE CHARECTERISTICS OF HIS AIRCRAFT.  HE THEN FLEW TURNS AND STRAIGHT-AND-LEVEL NOTEING SINGLE ENGINE CLIMB RATES, ETC.  WHEN HE TRIED TO UN-FEATHER THE REAR PROP AND RE-START THE REAR ENGINE HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING WAS THEN NECESSARY.  DURING THE LANDING APPROACH HE NOTICED THAT I HAD LOST HIS FULL DOWN FLAP SETTING. AS IT APPEARED HIS APPROACH WAS GOING TO CAUSE HIM TO LAND LONG, HE ELECTED TO ATTEMPT TO CONDUCT A SINGLE-ENGINE GO-AROUND.  HE WAS UNABLE TO GAIN OR MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING BECAME NECESSARY. HE TURNED TO MISS HOUSING STRUCTURES AND OTHER MAJOR OBSTRUCTIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT SMALL TREES AND A BOARD FENCE BEFORE COMING TO REST, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN18LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA246), Jun 30, 2018: Cessna 337 (N107BL), Baldwin City, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of hydraulic accumulator pressure for reasons that could not be determined, which prevented the propeller from unfeathering, and the pilot's improper decision to attempt a go-around, which…

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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