- Date
- May 27, 1995, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lemmon, SD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2385SCessna 337B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950527018199A
- Case key
- 9896
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.
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 pilot stated that after returning from a local flight, he made a 'perfect normal landing.' During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right and exited the side of the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the left wing and spar was damaged.
Factual narrative
On May 27, 1995, at 1800 central daylight time, a Cessna 337B, N2385S, was substantially damaged when it exited the side of the runway while landing at Lemmon Municipal Airport, Lemmon, South Dakota. The private pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The local 14 CFR Part 91 pleasure flight operated in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan.
The pilot and passengers had just returned from a local flight and the pilot stated he made a "perfect normal landing" on runway 29 (4500' x 100') at Lemmon Municipal Airport. While on the landing roll, the airplane started a turn to the right and exited the side of the runway. The nose wheel collapsed and the left wing and spar was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2385S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0685
- Airframe hours
- 2,345
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leon Brodie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 28, 1994 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- LEM
- Airport
- LEM · Lemmon Municipal Airport, runway 29, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,900 total · 90 in this make and model · 51 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.