# NTSB MIA70AM053: Cessna 337B, N5497S, Cedar Key, FL, January 2, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 2, 1970
- Place: Cedar Key, FL · CEDAR KEY, FL
- Location: 29.1503° N, 83.0374° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Key, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1503&lon=-83.0374&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141933
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70AM053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70AM053

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0176   70/1/2    CEDAR KEY,FLA       CESSNA 337B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 66, 600
        TIME - 1330                    N5497S              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGE T.LEWIS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GAINESVILLE,FLA             CEDAR KEY,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PATTERN TOO CLOSE IN. STALLED FROM STEEP TURN TO FINAL APCH. CRASHED IN SWAMP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5497S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5497S-1973-10-18), registration cancelled 1973-10-18, S/N 3370597 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337B
- Registry model: [Cessna 337B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337b) (registry code 2075706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: George T.Lewis

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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