# NTSB FTW99LA047: Cessna 337, N536RK, Lufkin, TX, December 14, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 14, 1998, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Lufkin, TX - Coordinates: 31.330507, -94.720169 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3305&lon=-94.7202&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - Status: Completed, report April 6, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 45455 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW99LA047 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45455/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA047 ## Probable cause The inadvertent stall due to the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr) - object - building(nonresidential) ## Analysis The multi-engine airplane was destroyed during a post impact fire following impact with the ground while attempting a go-around maneuver after a bounced landing. On final approach to land, the pilot noted that he flared the aircraft 'late', and the aircraft contacted the runway in a 'level attitude' which resulted in a 'hard landing and bounce'. The aircraft 'bounced' a second time, and the pilot noted that the bounce was 'really high', with the aircraft drifting to the left. After the airplane bounced a third time, the pilot called for a 'go-around', and 'fire-walled everything'. The pilot then noted that when he 'pushed the entire power quadrant forward', the airplane immediately entered a severe left turn with full left yoke deflection, which [he] could not reverse'. At this point, the airplane was in a steep left turn, heading 90 degrees left of the runway heading, towards hangars. The pilot then 'pulled the nose up to try [to] get over the hangars, and the airplane probably stalled'. The airplane then impacted the ground left wing down and slid between two hangars. A fire erupted as both occupants exited the aircraft. The airplane was consumed by the post impact fire. ## Factual narrative On December 14, 1998, approximately 1400 central standard time, a Cessna 337 multi-engine airplane, N536RK, was destroyed during a post impact fire following impact with the ground while attempting a go-around maneuver on runway 33 at the Angelina County Airport, Lufkin, Texas. Both occupants, the pilot-in-command [private pilot certificate] and a pilot rated passenger [private pilot certificate], received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot-in-command. The flight originated from Conroe, Texas, about 1330. The pilot-in-command provided the NTSB investigator-in-charge with a written statement which outlined the flight events prior to and during the accident. He stated that earlier in the day [about 1115], he flew the airplane to Conroe, Texas, to have maintenance performed. After minor airframe maintenance was completed, he picked up his pilot rated passenger, and flew an uneventful VFR flight back to Lufkin. Upon entering the local landing pattern for runway 33, the pilot received airport advisory information stating that the winds were from 010 degrees at 6 knots. On final approach to land, he noted that he flared the aircraft "late", and the aircraft contacted the runway in a "level attitude" which resulted in a "hard landing and bounce". The aircraft "bounced" a second time, and the pilot noted that the bounce was "really high", with the aircraft drifting to the left. After the airplane bounced a third time, the pilot called for a "go-around", and "fire-walled everything". The pilot then noted that when he "pushed the entire power quadrant forward", the airplane immediately entered a severe left turn with full left yoke deflection, which [he] could not reverse". At this point, the airplane was in a steep left turn, heading 90 degrees left of the runway heading, towards hangars. The pilot then "pulled the nose up to try [to] get over the hangars, and the airplane probably stalled". The airplane then impacted the ground left wing down and slid between two hangars. A fire erupted as both occupants exited the aircraft. The airplane was consumed by the post impact fire. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N536RK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N536RK-1999-04-26), registration cancelled 1999-04-26, S/N 33701744 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 337 - Registry model: [Cessna 337G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (registry code 2075730) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Airframe hours: 900 - Engines: Continental IO-360 210 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: E. Ross Kyger III - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1998 - Departed: CXO, CONROE, TX - Destination: LFK - Airport: LFK, Angelina County, runway 33, 4,309 × 0 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 6 knots - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: LFK, 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 19981214033429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981214033429A), Dec 14, 1998: Cessna 337, Lufkin, TX, Destroyed. Acft left wing struck the ground on landing, and the acft slid between two hangars and caught fire. (.19) on December 14, 1998, approximately 1400 central… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.