# NTSB MKC87FA064: Cessna T337C, N2600S, Garden City, KS, March 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 21, 1987, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Coordinates: 37.97087, -100.860435 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9709&lon=-100.8604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34282
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87FA064
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34282/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87FA064

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
  - gear retraction - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - climb - not possible
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - attempted
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - lowering of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - stall/mush

## Analysis

BOTH OF THE ACFT ENGS HAD JUST BEEN OVERHAULED. THE PLT DECIDED TO MAKE A MAINT TEST FLT & ELECTED TO LEAVE THE LNDG GEAR IN THE DOWN & LOCKED PSN. TAKEOFF & INITIAL CLIMB WERE NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 300 TO 400 FT AGL. AT THAT TIME THE REAR ENG LOST POWER. THE PLT WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT FOR ABOUT 30 SEC, THEN IT LOST POWER AGAIN. HE FEATHERED THE REAR PROP, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINT ALT & SPEED (WITH THE GEAR EXTDD). TO AVOID A RIVER & ROUGH TERRAIN, HE HAD ALTERED HIS HEADING TO THE LEFT, THEN SAW TRANSMISSION LINES AHEAD. REALIZING THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLEAR THE LINES, HE TURNED FURTHER LEFT TOWARD THE ARPT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED IN AN OPEN FIELD ON ARPT PROPERTY & WAS DAMAGED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2600S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2600S-1990-03-28), registration cancelled 1990-03-28, S/N 3370900 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337C
- Registry model: [Cessna T337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (registry code 2075714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3370900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-A/B 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Chaparral Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner: Robinson Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1986
- Airport: GCK, Garden City Muni, runway 17, 5,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,238 total, 271 in this make and model, 1,747 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GCK

## Other investigations on N2600S (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 MKC82DA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA157), Aug 5, 1982: Cessna T337C (N2600S), Garden City, KS, substantial damage

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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