# NTSB MIA83FA101: Cessna C-337C, N2524S, Silver Springs, FL, March 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 25, 1983, 22:45 local (Mar 26, 1983, 03:45 UTC)
- Place: Silver Springs, FL
- Location: 29.2192° N, 82.0555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver Springs, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2192&lon=-82.0555&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83FA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30772/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA101

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, go-around (vfr)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate transition/upgrade training, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2524S-2012-08-21), registration cancelled 2012-08-21, S/N 337-0824, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-337C
- Registry model: [Cessna 337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (registry code 2075712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0824
- Airframe hours: 2674
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830325011189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830325011189A), Mar 25, 1983: Cessna 337C, Silver Springs, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed into trees during go around maneuver. Water was found in left main fuel tank.

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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