- Date
- March 8, 1987, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N100LTCessna 337E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308006769A
- Case key
- 31866
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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
The plt stated that on short final the auto-plt activated resulting in an uncontrolled 50-60 degree nose low left bank. The acft then veered from the apch path off the arpt property where it then collided with a vehicle & tree before coming to rest. Inspection of the acft revealed no evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction of the flt controls or auto-plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100LT
- Reported as
- Cessna 337E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701295
- Airframe hours
- 2,705
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Waltco,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mc Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1986 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- SUA · Stuart, FL
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,164 total · 512 in this make and model · 1,059 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 9 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.