# NTSB ERA25LA266: Cessna T337G, N289, Pembroke Pines, FL, July 14, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 14, 2025, 19:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Coordinates: 25.983333, -80.216667 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9833&lon=-80.2167&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 14, 2025
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200525
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA266
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200525/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200525
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA266

## Probable cause

The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power to one of the airplane’s two engines. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s loading of the airplane beyond its maximum gross weight.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Planning/preparation: fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T337G, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030/cases.md?model=2075726), [All aircraft, 719 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030/cases.md)
- [Planning/preparation: weight/balance calculations](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T337G, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061015/cases.md?model=2075726), [All aircraft, 110 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Prior to flight: Aircraft loading event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/010); cases with it: [Cessna T337G, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/010/sequence.md?model=2075726), [All aircraft, 84 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/010/sequence.md)
- [Approach: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T337G, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=2075726), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)
- [Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342); cases with it: [Cessna T337G, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=2075726), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna T337G, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2075726), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was conducting a long, multi-stop cross-country flight in a multi-engine airplane. About 3 miles from the destination airport, the airplane’s rear engine lost power completely due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot was unable to maintain altitude and the airplane subsequently impacted a tree resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot also stated that he had incorrectly calculated the airplane’s range and endurance prior to departing on the flight. Postaccident weight and balance calculations also showed that the airplane was likely being operated beyond its maximum gross weight by more than 500 pounds. This likely contributed to the airplane’s inability to maintain altitude following the loss of engine power to one of the two engines.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N289](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N289-2026-01-20), registration cancelled 2026-01-20, S/N P3370233, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Registry model: [Cessna T337G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (registry code 2075726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P3370233
- Year built: 1976
- Airframe hours: 3016
- Engines: Continental TSIO-360 CB6B 180 horsepower reciprocating; Continental TSIO-360 CB5B 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 1, 2025, 84 hours before
- Departed: SJU, San Juan, PR
- Destination: HWO, Hollywood, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: HWO, North Perry Airport
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 18, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,296 total, 30 in this make and model, 1,296 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: HWO, 13 nm away
- METAR: KHWO 142353Z 22006KT 10SM -RA CLR 25/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 P0003 60217 T02500222 10328 20239 55023

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200525. 4.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19415917&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20LA266_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record - pilot statement (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 69 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19416265&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20Pilot%20Statement%20LA266-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record - FAA inspector statement (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 98 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19435382&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20FAA%20examiantion%20summary%20LA266-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photos (item 4, PDF, 5 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19416791&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photos%20LA266%20new-Rel.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. Compare the reported make and model.

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