- Date
- July 30, 1990, 22:00 local (Jul 31, 1990, 06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kustatan River, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2271XCessna 337
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900730029409A
- Case key
- 5414
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to assure that the rear engine developed full takeoff power and to attain takeoff airspeed. Contributing factors were the terrain conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that right after takeoff from the gravel bar he '...felt the plane slow down...and saw the rear RPM was droping...' The takeoff was aborted and the nose gear separated during the touchdown in soft terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2271X
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3370171
- Airframe hours
- 2,584
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flores, Michael
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1989 · 124 hours before
- Destination
- Anchorage, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 921 total · 271 in this make and model · 834 as pilot in command · 195 in the last 90 days · 97 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.