- Date
- May 5, 1990, 19:31 local (May 6, 1990, 01:31 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2208XCessna 337
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900505014039A
- Case key
- 17927
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly execute a precautionary approach following an engine failure.
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
While conducting a test flt following overhaul of both engines the rear engine failed while on downwind leg. The plt secured the engine and attempted to feather the prop. The prop would not feather. The plt overflew an available runway while conducting a precautionary approach and overshot the runway of intended landing. The acft landed in a runup area adjacent to the runway in a high rate of descent and came to rest in a grass area between the runway and taxiway. The acft sustained substantial damage and the plt and pax were not injured. The engine failed due to the oil dilution line being connected to the pressure port on the oil pump instead of the vacuum port, and maintenance instructions do not provide guidance for the installation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2208X
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0108
- Airframe hours
- 1,749
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-CD, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Out And About Aviation
- Registered owner
- Out 'N' About Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1990
- Departed
- BJC
- Airport
- BJC · Jefferson County, runway 29R, 9,000 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 485 total · 180 in this make and model · 485 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 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.
Other investigations on N2208X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.