# Accident 20200730006719A: Cessna 337F, July 30, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2020, 10:32 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3900° N, 111.5581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3900&lon=-111.5581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N337V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N337V) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 670 total, 36 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200730006719A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC PLANNED THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT THE DAY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HE STATED THAT THEY STAYED RELATIVELY LOW, 3000 AGL, SO THAT THEY COULD TAKE IN THE SIGHTS ALONG THE ROUTE.

THEY ENTERED A BOX CANYON AND WERE UNABLE TO OUT CLIMB THE RIDGE. THE PIC STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ILLUSION CREATED BY BIGGER MOUNTAINS AROUND HIM THAT MADE HIM FEEL HE WAS GOING TO CLEAR THE RIDGE.

WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GETTING CLOSER TO THE RIDGELINE AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO CLEAR IT, HE ATTEMPTED A CHANDELLE AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

## 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 WPR20LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA245), Jul 30, 2020: Cessna 337 (N337V), Ennis, MT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command’s failure to maintain sufficient airspeed while attempting an evasive maneuver from a boxed canyon, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin and impact with mountainous…

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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