- Date
- December 16, 1986, 19:53 local (Dec 17, 1986, 00:53 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1SNCessna 336
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861216085719A
- Case key
- 31835
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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.
Analysis
Plt stated the rear engine failed while in cruise flight and while making an emergency landing he approached the runway too fast. The aircraft touched down approximately two thirds of the way down the runway and when it could not be stopped the aircraft was veered to the left where it nosed over. Post crash inspection of the rear engine by the FAA revealed no evidence of mechanical failure or malfunction. The rear engine propeller was not in the feathered position at the time of inspection by the FAA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1SN
- Reported as
- Cessna 336
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 336-0085
- Airframe hours
- 2,896
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael P.Sweet
- Registered owner
- John H. Hageman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1986
- Departed
- CHS · Charleston, SC
- Destination
- FLL · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach Municipal, runway 22, 4,975 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 4 in this make and model · 301 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.