# NTSB MIA85LA184: Cessna 337G, N53633, Daytona Beach, FL, May 28, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1985, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Location: 29.2108° N, 81.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daytona Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2108&lon=-81.0228&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31408/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA184

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - propeller feathering - intentional, pilot in command
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33701744
- Airframe hours: 2715
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850528065149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850528065149A), May 28, 1985: Cessna 337G, Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was landed gear up when pilot forgot to lower the gear.

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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