- Date
- December 8, 1985, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1158MCessna 337F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851208060979A
- Case key
- 31554
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Hydraulic system - failure,totalCause
Fluid,hydraulic - loss,totalCause
Gear not extended
Wheels up landing - intentional
Analysis
The plt stated that all attempts to extend the landing gear were to no avail. He then intentionally landed gear up on the left side of rwy 4.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1158M
- Reported as
- Cessna 337F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701358
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Stinnett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985
- Departed
- 32X · Sunset Strip, FL
- Destination
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Airport
- SRQ · Sarasota Bradenton, runway 4, 5,006 × 150 ft, grass/turf
N1158MRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2019 · Cessna 337FAirframe modelCessna 337FEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,446 total · 946 in this make and model · 2,279 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.