- Date
- August 3, 1984, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean Springs, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90244Cessna 337A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840803038149A
- Case key
- 6291
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled, rolled inverted and crashed into a hangar roof during an attempted go-around after an aborted landing. The plt had landed for refueling and offered a ride in the acft to a person that helped him during the refueling. Duringthe first landing apch, after takeoff with the additional weight of 120 gallons of fuel and a pax, the plt used full flaps on final and the acft developed a high sink rate that ended in a hard touchdown at the end of the rwy. The acft bounced, rotated to the right and veered off the right of the rwy. Witnesses said that the noise level was consistant atthis time to a level indicative of full power on both engines. The acft then turned back toward the rwy and became airborne at the opposite edge of the rwy. The acft then recrossed the rwy to the right and slowly climbed to 150-200 ft AGL. According to the pax, a low time, non-current student plt, the acft continued to fly at a low alt in a nose high attitue. Shortly thereafter the acft stalled and the wing dug into the hangar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90244
- Reported as
- Cessna 337A
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,194
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C/D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas, James T.
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1983
- Departed
- 5R2 · Ocean Springs, MS
- Airport
- 5K2 · Gulf Park, runway 17, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,222 total · 4 in this make and model · 2,062 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPT, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.