# NTSB MIA86LA220: Cessna T337H, N1343L, Marathon, FL, July 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1986, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Coordinates: 24.709508, -81.080627 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7095&lon=-81.0806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31679
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA220
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31679/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA220

## 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
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WITNESSES REPORTED THE PILOT ARRIVED FOR THE FLIGHT CARRYING A GLASS FROM A LOCAL BAR, WAS UNCOORDINATED AND APPEARED INTOXICATED. AFTER MUCH DIFFICULTY IN TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY, HE FINALLY TOOK OFF. ON ARRIVAL AT MARATHON, FL, THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HE FAILED A NYSTAGMUS GAZE TEST THAT WAS ADMINISTERED BY LOCAL SHERIFF PERSONNEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1343L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337H
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33701835
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-H 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas J. Skavinsky
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: APF, NAPLES, FL
- Airport: MTH, Marathon Flight, runway 7, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 800 total, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EYW, 40 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 19860727037659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860727037659A), Jul 27, 1986: Cessna T337H, Marathon, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed gear up. No malfunctions found. Pilot was uncooperative and had probably been drinking.

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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