# NTSB CHI95LA164: Cessna 337B, N2385S, Lemmon, SD, May 27, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1995, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Lemmon, SD
- Coordinates: 45.929252, -102.149291 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9293&lon=-102.1493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 24, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9896
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI95LA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9896/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA164

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2385S-2012-09-11), registration cancelled 2012-09-11, S/N 337-0685, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337B
- Registry model: [Cessna 337B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337b) (registry code 2075706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 337-0685
- Airframe hours: 2345
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19950527018199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950527018199A), May 27, 1995: Cessna 337B, Lemmon, SD, Substantial damage. Veered off runway landing collapsed nose gear left wing and spar damaged. (-23) on may 27, 1995, the pilot after a one hour pleasure flight in local area in…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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