- Date
- May 28, 1985, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53633Cessna 337G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850528065149A
- Case key
- 31408
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
In-flight planning/decision - improperFactor
Propeller feathering - intentional
Wheels up landing - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The plt stated that while practicing an actual single eng landing, he forgot to lower the landing gear. He heard the gear warning horn but said that he thought it was his radar alimeter sounding. He admitted that actual single eng landings should not be performed at low altitude or in the arpt traffic pattern, but should be simulated by throttling an eng back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53633
- Reported as
- Cessna 337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701744
- Airframe hours
- 2,715
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-G, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl T. Van Stavern
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1985 · 502 hours before
- Airport
- 44J · Spruce Creek, runway 5, 3,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,062 total · 50 in this make and model · 49,781 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 10 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.