# NTSB MIA86LA041: Cessna 337F, N1158M, Sarasota, FL, December 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 8, 1985, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Coordinates: 27.790241, -82.289215 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7902&lon=-82.2892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31554
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31554/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA041

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach
  - hydraulic system - failure,total (cause)
  - fluid,hydraulic - loss,total (cause)
- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - intentional, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1158M-2019-01-30), registration cancelled 2019-01-30, S/N 33701358, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337F
- Registry model: [Cessna 337F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337f) (registry code 2075725) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33701358
- Airframe hours: 2000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851208060979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851208060979A), Dec 8, 1985: Cessna 337F, Sarasota Braden, FL, Substantial damage. Landed gear up after being unable to extend the gear. Found small hole in hydraulic flex line depleted fluid.

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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