# Accident 20180909016219A: Cessna 335, Lantana, FL, September 9, 2018 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 9, 2018, 10:35 local time - Place: Lantana, FL - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 26.6089° N, 80.0833° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6089&lon=-80.0833&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2707J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2707J-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 335 (registry code 2075601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-335) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 335 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 4 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA244) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180909016219A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ANTHONY A. SAAVEDRA IIC-INSPECTORS STATEMENT ? PRELIMINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION NTSB # ERA18FA244 ATQA NO.: A-SO-19-18-076 REGISTRATION: N2707J PTRS: SO19201817783 MAKE: CESSNA MODEL: 335 II SERIAL NUMBER: 335-0023 ANNUAL AIRCRAFT/ENGINE/PROPELLER CONDITION INSPECTION: PREFORMED ON 7/23/2018 @ TT 3242. AT THE TIME OF THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL INSPECTION, BOTH ENGINES HAD ACCRUED 1,809 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. WHERE: CESSNA 335 II, REGISTRATION N2707J WITH TWO PEOPLE, AND 2 DOGS ON BOARD FLYING, TOOK OFF FROM KEY WEST AIRPORT (EYW) ENROUTE TO LANTANA AIRPORT (LNA). AIRCRAFT GPS COORDINATES OF THE CRASH SITE: N26°36.32.32, W080°50.0.26. LOCATED IN JOHN PRINCE PARK, LANTANA, FLORIDA. AT 1055, THE REPORTED WEATHER AT LNA INCLUDED WIND FROM 280° AT 5 KNOTS, WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 2,400 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. WHAT: PART 91 OPERATION, OWNED BY NOVA AVIATION LLC, REGISTERED IN DELAWARE TO A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY PHILIP ANGLO CASTRONOVA. OPERATED A CESSNA 335 II, REGISTRATION N2707J. MR. PHILIP ANGLO CASTRONOVA WHO WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT AND PERISHED IN THE CRASH. WHO: PILOT IN COMMAND(PIC): PHILIP ANGLO CASTRONOVA (PRIVATE PILOT CERT. NO. 2267952) 6768 TURTLE POINT DRIVE LAKE WORTH, FL 33467 MEDICAL CERTIFICATE SECOND CLASS: DATE OF EXAMINATION 06/30/2014 (EXPIRED) ADDITIONALLY MRS. MANDY CASTRONOVA AGE 39, PERISHED IN THE CRASH. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASH SITE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND IN A PARK ¾ NM NORTH/NORTHEAST OF LNA AIRPORT. VISUAL OBSERVATION SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LOW SPEED, HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT ON A HEADING OF ABOUT 040° MAGNETIC. THE AIRPLANE WAS PARTIALLY CONSUMED BY A POST-CRASH FIRE. THE IMPACT AREA WAS SURROUNDED BY TREES AND THE ONLY DAMAGE TO BRANCHES WERE THOSE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE MAIN WRECKAGE. A SERIES OF THREE GROUND SCARS CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER STRIKES WERE LOCATED ON AN ASPHALT JOGGING TRAIL ALONG A HEADING OF 040°, WHICH WERE IN LINE AND ABOUT 10 FEET BEHIND THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE DEBRIS FIELD EXTENDED 50-100? NORTHEAST OF THE IMPACT SITE, MOST OF WHICH WERE SMALL PARTS. THERE WAS A POST-CRASH FIRE, WITH WITNESS REPORTS OF MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS AS WELL. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT ALL THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE PRESENT AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE CENTER AND FORWARD FUSELAGE, AS WELL AS A LARGE SECTION OF THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD OF THE LEFT ENGINE, WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED BY POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AFT FUSELAGE WAS PARTIALLY SEPARATED AT THE AFT BULKHEAD, AND THE EMPENNAGE WAS INTACT WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE, NEAR ITS ROOT. THE RIGHT WING WAS BUCKLED DOWNWARD NEAR THE RIGHT ENGINE, AND THE LEADING EDGE WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE OUTBOARD OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE RIGHT ENGINE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE WING. THE PROPELLER REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AND TWISTED AFT, WITH CHORDWISE SCRATCHES AND LEADING-EDGE GOUGES. THE LEFT ENGINE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE LEFT WITH ITS COWLING INTACT. THE PROPELLER WAS SEPARATED AT THE PROPELLER FLANGE. TWO BLADES REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE PROPELLER HUB, ONE OF WHICH WAS LARGELY UNDAMAGED. THE SECOND BLADE WAS BENT SLIGHTLY, APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES FROM THE ROOT, AND AGAIN ABOUT 24 INCHES FROM THE ROOT, WITH A SLIGHT TWIST. THE THIRD BLADE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE HUB AND WAS LARGELY UNDAMAGED. THE FLAPS WERE PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND IT APPEARS THAT THE GEAR WAS LOWERED AS WELL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A RIGHT BASE TO RUNWAY 22 AT LNA PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THERE WERE NO EMERGENCY RADIO CALLS PRIOR TO THE CRASH. SHORTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED THAT WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16 AT LNA, WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN NEAR THE LEFT BASE LEG, IT ROLLED BACK AND FORTH, BECAME INVERTED, THEN DESCENDED TO THE GROUND IN A SPIRAL OR SPIN. ## 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 ERA18FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA244), Sep 9, 2018: Cessna 335 (N2707J), Lake Worth, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control during approach for landing following a total loss of left engine power for undetermined reasons. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. 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