# Incident 20191027023259I: Cessna T337C, Calhoun, GA, October 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2019, 12:02 local time
- Place: Calhoun, GA
- Airport: Tom B David Fld
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4554° N, 84.9392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOM B DAVID FLD (CZL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4554&lon=-84.9392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N337TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N337TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337C (registry code 2075714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 3 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191027023259I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 27, 2019 THE PILOT OF N337TX WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT TO GAIN EXPERIENCE TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AT A LATER DATE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WHO WAS ALSO A PILOT, PERFORMED THE PREFLIGHT PRIOR TO FLIGHT. DURING THE PREFLIGHT SAMPLES OF THE FUEL WERE TAKEN WITH NO INDICATION OF WATER PRESENT, A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED DUE THE LADDER UNAVAILABILITY, FUEL GAGES INDICATED GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF A TANK.

THE PILOT PRACTICED APPROXIMATELY SIX APPROACHES AND A FEW HOLDING PATTERNS BEFORE TURNING BACK TO THE AIRPORT AT WHICH POINT HE ELECTED TO CHECK AND USE THE AUX FUEL TANKS, BOTH ENGINES RAN SMOOTH WHILE ON AUX FUEL TANKS. HE THEN TURNED SOUTH TO SHOOT ONE MORE FINAL RNAV 35 APPROACH AND LAND USING VECTORS TO KEYEY, AS HE CROSSED KEYEY AT 2300 FT. MSL. KNOWING HE WAS GOING TO LAND HE SWITCHED THE FRONT ENGINE BACK TO MAIN FUEL TANK WHEN HE NOTICE A DROP IN FUEL PRESSURE BUT IT CAME BACK UP.

THIS CONCERNED HIM AND HE DECIDED TO HEAD IN, ELECTING NOT TO SELECT THE REAR ENGINE TANKS BACK TO MAIN AT THIS TIME. AS HE BEGAN HIS TURNED BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT THE FRONT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. HE TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMPS AND SWITCHED THE TANK BACK TO AUX TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP. DURING THIS TIME THE REAR ENGINE WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY HOWEVER, THE FRONT ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER.

A FEW SECONDS LATER THE REAR ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER, HE DID NOT SWITCH THE REAR ENGINE BACK TO THE MAIN TANK AND HOPED IT WOULD GIVE HIM ENOUGH THRUST TO REACH THE AIRPORT. HE TURNED ON BOTH BOOST PUMPS AND APPLIED FULL RICH MIXTURE BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE SO HE SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 110 MPG AND BEST GLIDE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE AIRPORT AND RUNWAY 35. FAILING TO PRODUCE THRUST DUE TO BOTH ENGINES QUITTING AT A FEW HUNDRED FEET AGL. HE WAS FORCED TO LAND ON I-75 JUST BEFORE EXIT 310 AVOIDING CARS, SIGNS AND LIGHT POLES, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON EXIT 310 AND WAS PUSHED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR INJURY TO PERSONS.

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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