- Date
- July 23, 1987, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Laporte, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2315SCessna 337B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870723037529A
- Case key
- 22261
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The aircraft had been sitting outside in the wx since its last annual inspection on 12/1/84. After purchasing the aircraft, the pilot (who is an aircraft and powerplant maintenance technician) examined it and a ferry permit was issued by FAA for the proposed ferry flight to the pilot's home base. Unknown to the pilot the main fuel line to the rear engine was partially blocked by a foreign material. This blockage allowed adquate fuel flow for a sustained static operation at 1000-1500 RPM and a brief burst of power at full throttle. However, it was inadequate for a sustained high power setting and as a result during the initial climb the rear engine power reduced to a level of 1200-1500 RPM. The pilot was unable to maintain flight and headed for the nearest available landing site. He lost flying speed while pulling up to avoid trees at the edge of the site and he acft then mushed to a touchdown with a resultant hard landing.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2315S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3370615
- Airframe hours
- 1,250
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C4D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vernon R.Duke
- Registered owner
- Vernon Duke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1984
- Destination
- Hankamer, TX
- Airport
- T41 · Laporte Munic.
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,802 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.