# NTSB FTW85LA174: Cessna T337G, N189, Big Spring, TX, April 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1985, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Coordinates: 32.239723, -101.46981 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2397&lon=-101.4698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21716
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21716/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA174

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACFT LANDED GEAR UP. PLT STATED HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N189](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N189), registered now, S/N P3370209 (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: P3370209
- Airframe hours: 2726
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-C 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Registered owner: Brown-Mckee Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LBB, LUBBOCK, TX
- Airport: 21X5, Big Spring Muni, runway 17, 8,800 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,514 total, 3,767 in this make and model, 5,454 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 22 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19850404011469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850404011469A), Apr 4, 1985: Cessna T337G, Big Spring, TX, Substantial damage. Forgot to extend gear for landing. Landed gear up.

## Other investigations on N189 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW81FQG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG20), Mar 29, 1981: Cessna 337G (N189), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage

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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