- Date
- March 25, 1983, 22:45 local (Mar 26, 1983, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Silver Springs, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2524SCessna C-337C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830325011189A
- Case key
- 30772
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees during an attempted go-around during a night operation. The plt had just recently acquired the acft and he was accompanied by his wife at the time of the accident. The plt lacked certification in the acft. Witesses heard the engines stop and start at least once during the go-around followed by the noise of a crash. The plt stated that everthing looked good during the go-around until they reached 300 ft AGL when the acft started to vibrate and shortly thereafter collided with trees. The acft collided in a steep bank, nose low attitudeand cartwheeled. Investigation revealed a difference between the fuel aboard as calulated by the salesmen. By his figures the acft should have contained 12 gallons of fuel after the accident and it contained about 54 gallons. About 40OF these gallons were in the left main tank and 14 in the right aux. The rear engine was using the right aux tank. The front engine was on the left main tank, however, no fuel was found in the front engine fuel stainer after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2524S
- Reported as
- Cessna C-337C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0824
- Airframe hours
- 2,674
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey C. Wilson, doing business as Co-Owner
- Registered owner
- Tillman Fulford & Jeff Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1982 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 34J · New Smyrna Bch., FL
- Destination
- X33 · Silver Springs, FL
- Airport
- X33 · Silver Springs, runway 27, 2,660 × 30 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 11 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 30 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.