# NTSB LAX83LXQ04: Cessna T337G, N261KB, Susanville, CA, June 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 20, 1983, 18:25 local (Jun 21, 1983, 01:25 UTC)
- Place: Susanville, CA
- Coordinates: 40.570186, -120.609222 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5702&lon=-120.6092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23888
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LXQ04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23888/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LXQ04

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - landing gear,normal brake system - undetermined (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
- Main gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WENT OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY DURING A GO-AROUND ATTEMPT AND COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED DURING LANDING AND HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. HE ALSO SAID HE RETRACTED ALL FLAPS AND SHOULD HAVE LEFT ONE THIRD DOWN. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES. BOTH BRAKES WERE SERVICED THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N261KB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N261KB-2014-12-17), registration cancelled 2014-12-17, S/N P3370221, built 1975 (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: P3370221
- Airframe hours: 2500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-C 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Registered owner: Karl R. Bareither
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 15, 1982, 20 hours before
- Departed: GEG, SPOKANE, WA
- Destination: SVE, SUSANVILLE, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SVE, Susanville, runway 11, 3,750 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,123 total, 1,986 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19830620026259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830620026259A), Jun 20, 1983: Cessna T337G, Susanville, CA, Substantial damage. Too fast to stop on runway. Struck a ditch with rear prop. Hit a ditch. Crashed 200 yards beyond runway.

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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