# NTSB DEN02LA038: Cessna T337D, N624BC, St. George, UT, March 15, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 14, 2002, 18:00 local (Mar 15, 2002, 00:00 UTC) - Place: St. George, UT - Coordinates: 37.088054, -113.591941 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0881&lon=-113.5919&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 20, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 54537 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN02LA038 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54537/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54537 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA038 ## Probable cause the pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and a hard landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis A witness reported seeing the airplane begin a flare at approximately 50 feet above the runway. The witness said the airplane was going slow. The airplane dropped and struck the runway. A post-accident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of pre-impact anomalies. ## Factual narrative On March 14, 2002, at 1800 mountain daylight time, a Cessna T337D, N624BC, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during a hard landing on runway 34 (6,606 feet by 100 feet, dry asphalt) at the St. George Municipal Airport, St. George, Utah. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The cross-country flight originated at Las Vegas, Nevada, at 1659, and was en route to St. George, Utah. A witness to the accident reported that he watched the airplane begin a flare at approximately 50 feet above the runway. The witness said the airplane was going slow. The airplane dropped and struck the runway. A post-accident examination of the airplane by the Federal Aviation Administration showed that the wheel boxes to the main landing gear and the support ribs were bent up and inward. Both blade tips to the aft propeller were curled. The front engine mount was bent. The bottom of the right vertical fin was scraped. The wing section between the fuselage and the right tail boom showed wrinkling. The cargo pod beneath the airplane's fuselage was crushed upward and splintered along both sides. Flight control continuity was confirmed. An examination of the engines, engines controls, and other airplane systems revealed no anomalies. Repeated attempts to obtain a completed Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) from the pilot were unsuccessful. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N624BC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N624BC), registered now, S/N 337-1025 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna T337D - Registry model: [Cessna T337D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337d) (registry code 2075719) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 337-1025 - Engines: Continental IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating; Continental IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Craig A. Loe - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: VGT, Las Vegas, NV - Destination: SGU, St. George, UT - Airport: SGU, St. George Municipal Airport, runway 34, 6,606 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 39; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 900 total, 500 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 90° at 10 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 7 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: SGU, 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020314004249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020314004249A), Mar 14, 2002: Cessna T337D, Saint George, UT, No damage. (-23) Pilot reported that during flare for landing on runway 34 at st. George, Utah, he encountered a wind shear causing the aircraft to land hard. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 29, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54537. 69 KB in all. - Memorandum of Conversation (item 1, .PDF, 33 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392711&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Conversation-Redacted.PDF - Investigator's Memo for the Record (item 2, .PDF, 35 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392712&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Investigator%27s%20Memo%20for%20the%20Record-Redacted.PDF 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. 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