- Date
- October 26, 1987, 20:14 local (Oct 27, 1987, 01:14 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N11GLCessna 337C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871026061749A
- Case key
- 7666
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
PIC rpted rear eng quit after take-off. Fuel selector found on right main tank which was empty. Prop was not feathered and landing gear was found in transient position after crash. Owners manual cautions against higher drag with gear in transit due to large gear doors and less single engine capability with front engine. PIC started turn back to arpt immediately after engine failure. Minimal single engine capability was further degraded by non-performance of emergency procedure, premature maneuvering, and delayed gear retraction. The acft was not able to maintain altitude and, after unsuccessfully attempting to restart the rear engine, the plt selected a forced landing area. On final, power lines were observed and in an effort to avoid them, two utility poles were struck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11GL
- Reported as
- Cessna 337C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3370829
- Airframe hours
- 3,901
- Engine
- Continental IO-360C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Belford, Richard F.
- Registered owner
- Belford, Richard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus Intl., runway 13, 5,001 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 543 total · 66 in this make and model · 454 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 5 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.