- Date
- August 5, 2000, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alabaster, AL
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5HNCessna P337H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000805011439A
- Case key
- 49908
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Probable cause
a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons resulting in a forced landing and subsequent impact with the ground. A factor in this accident was that the pilot did not obtain the proper touchdown point upon landing and landed long.
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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he landed long and decided to make "...a standard go-around with full rpm and mixture. The engines did not produce the necessary power to sustain flight." He made the decision not to land in the nose down position and "at the last seconds pulled the nose up for a full stall landing." The airplane had landed on runway 15, which was 3,797 feet long and 75 feet wide. The examinations of the engines and the propellers revealed no discrepancies.
Factual narrative
On August 5, 2000, about 0800 central daylight time, a Cessna P337H, N5HN, registered to and operated by a private owner as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed after attempting a go-around at the Shelby County Airport, Alabaster, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot was not injured. Three passengers reported minor injuries. The airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight had originated from Gallatin, Tennessee, the same day at 0700.
According to the pilot's statement, "...I landed long and decided to make a standard go-around with full rpm and mixture. The engines did not produce the necessary power to sustain flight. I made the decision not to land in the nose down position and at the last seconds pulled the nose up for a full stall landing." The airplane had landed on runway 15, which was 3,797 feet long and 75 feet wide.
According to the FAA Inspector's statement their respective manufacturers examined the engines and propellers. The examinations revealed no discrepancies with the engines or propellers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5HN
- Reported as
- Cessna P337H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P3370321
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental TISO-360-CB5, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald R. Mercer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1999
- Departed
- M33 · Gallatin, TN
- Destination
- EET · AL
- Airport
- EET · Shelby County, runway 15, 3,797 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,248 total · 1,014 in this make and model · 46 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 163 °F, dew point 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EET
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.