- Date
- January 3, 1993, 19:20 local (Jan 4, 1993, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Smiths Creek, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1ZDCessna T337G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930103000049A
- Case key
- 15584
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the approach. Factors which contributed to the accident were the adverse weather conditions and the dark night.
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
During an ILS approach to runway 4, at night, in IFR conditions, the airplane impacted trees and the ground 1/4 mi west of the approach end of the runway. The angle measured from the initial impact crater through the broken limbs was 45 deg. No pre-impact anomalies were found in the engines, propellers, airframe, or accessories.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1ZD
- Reported as
- Cessna T337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P3370264
- Airframe hours
- 1,828
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-C, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mowat, Douglas H.
- Registered owner
- Mowat, Douglas H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1992 · 131 hours before
- Departed
- EVV · Evansville, IN
- Destination
- PHN · Port Huron, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PHN · St Clair County Intl, runway 4, 5,103 × 100 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,399 total · 291 in this make and model · 1,275 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHN, 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.