# NTSB MIA95LA217: Cessna 337D, N85972, Carthage, MS, August 28, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 28, 1995, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC) - Place: Carthage, MS - Coordinates: 32.740028, -89.529518 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7400&lon=-89.5295&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 26, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 37822 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA95LA217 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37822/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=37822 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA217 ## Probable cause FAILURE OF THE NORMAL BRAKE SYSTEM FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT'S SEATBACK. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,total (cause) - landing gear,normal brake system - undetermined (cause) - In flight collision with object, landing - aborted - fuselage,seat - failure,partial (contributing factor) - object - tree(s) ## Analysis THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, WHILE FORCIBLY APPLYING THE BRAKES WHICH WERE NONRESPONSIVE, THE SEAT BACK BROKE. HE PULLED HIMSELF UPRIGHT, AND RECOGNIZING THAT INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINED APPLIED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND. DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED NO DISCREPANCIES OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM BEFORE DEPARTURE. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR THE REPORTED BRAKE FAILURE. ## Factual narrative On August 28, 1995, about 1650 central daylight time, a Cessna 337D, N85972, registered to Mid Mississippi Aircraft, collided with trees during a go-around at the Carthage-Leake County Airport, Carthage, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated about 1630 from the Union Municipal Airport, Union, Mississippi. The pilot stated that after touchdown during the landing roll, while forcibly applying the brakes which were nonresponsive, his seat back broke. He pulled himself upright and recognizing that insufficient runway remained, he applied full power to go around. During the initial climb the airplane collided with trees past the departure end of the runway, then the ground. Additionally, the pilot reported no discrepancies of the brake system before departure. No determination could be made as to the reason for the reported brake failure. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N85972](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85972-1998-01-17), registration cancelled 1998-01-17, S/N 3371041 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 337D - Registry model: [Cessna 337D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337d) (registry code 2075717) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 337-1041 - Airframe hours: 2185 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-C 210 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: James A. Bennett - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 19, 1995, 13 hours before - Departed: 31M, UNION, MS - Destination: 08M - Airport: 08M, Carthage-Leake County, runway 35, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 486 total, 7 in this make and model, 379 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: JAN, 39 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 19950828030369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950828030369A), Aug 28, 1995: Cessna 337D, Carthage, MS, Substantial damage. Seat back broke on landing recovered but near end runway. Began go around struck trees. Brakes appeared normal. ## Other investigations on N85972 (1) 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. - [NTSB NYC70FHD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70FHD11), Mar 7, 1970: Cessna 337 (N85972), Wrightstown, NJ, substantial damage ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 1, 1995, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=37822. 440 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 334 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40423425&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Supplement S (item 2, .PDF, 45 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40028846&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Supplement%20S-Master.PDF - Reports from Federal Agencies (item 3, .PDF, 61 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40423426&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Reports%20from%20Federal%20Agencies-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.