# NTSB NYC00LA196: Cessna 337C, N2574S, Chesapeake, VA, July 11, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 11, 2000, 16:58 local (20:58 UTC) - Place: Chesapeake, VA - Coordinates: 36.669925, -76.299278 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6699&lon=-76.2993&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 49684 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA196 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49684/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA196 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to follow the published go-around procedure. Factors were the pilot's improper evaluation of the wind conditions, and a tailwind. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll ## Analysis The non-instrument rated pilot observed precipitation and low clouds along his route of flight, and chose to divert to an airport. While landing at the airport, he observed varying winds. He encountered a tailwind and heard the stall warning horn activate. He added power and completely retracted the flaps, with the intent to go-around, but the airplane contacted the runway and traveled off the right side. At the time of the accident, reported winds indicated a tailwind of 10 knots, gusting to 14 knots. Reported winds up to 1 hour prior to the accident indicated a tailwind for that particular runway. Review of the make and model airplane handbook revealed that during a go-around, pilots should partially retract the flaps first, establish an airspeed of 80 knots, then slowly retract the remaining flaps. ## Factual narrative On July 11, 2000, at 1658 Eastern Daylight Time, a Cessna 337C, N2574S, was substantially damaged during a go-around at Chesapeake Regional Airport (CPK), Chesapeake, Virginia. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at CPK, and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The flight departed Georgetown County Airport, Georgetown, South Carolina, about 1445; and was destined for Pottstown Municipal Airport, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The pilot stated that he received a weather briefing from an Automated Flight Service Station about 1430. He was advised of some deteriorating weather over North Carolina, but not Virginia. While flying over Virginia, he encountered precipitation and low clouds. The pilot was not instrument rated, and chose to divert to CPK. While on final approach to Runway 23 at CPK, the pilot observed varying wind conditions. He encountered a tailwind, and heard the stall warning horn activate. He added power and completely retracted the flaps, with the intent to go-around, but the airplane contacted the runway and traveled off the right side. It came to rest about 30 feet off to the right side of the runway in a swampy area. Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed damage to both wings and the fuselage. Review of a Cessna 337 FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual revealed: "Balked Landing (go-around) (1) Power - FULL THROTTLE and 2800 RPM. (2) Wing Flaps - RETRACT to 1/3 DOWN. (3) Airspeed - 80 KIAS. (4) Wing Flaps - RETRACT slowly (5) Cowl Flaps - OPEN." The reported weather at CPK, at 1658, was: winds from 050 degrees at 10 knots, gusting to 14 knots; visibility 5 miles; scattered clouds at 2,100 feet; scattered clouds at 3,200 feet; broken ceiling at 4,600 feet; temperature 81 degrees Fahrenheit; dewpoint 75 degrees; altimeter 29.85 inches of mercury. The reported winds at CPK prior to the accident were: 050 degrees at 6 knots, at 1638; 040 degrees at 4 knots, at 1618; 020 degrees at 3 knots, at 1600. On July 18, 2000, the Safety Board investigator-in-charge sent a written request for a cassette tape copy of communications between the pilot and Flight Service to a FAA inspector. The data expired before the FAA inspector was able to secure it. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2574S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2574S-2003-10-31), registration cancelled 2003-10-31, S/N 337-0874, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 337C - Registry model: [Cessna 337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (registry code 2075712) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 337-0874 - Airframe hours: 2440 - Engines: Continental IO-360 210 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Bernard W. Loeb - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 5, 2000, 10 hours before - Departed: GGE, GEORGETOWN, SC - Destination: N47, POTTSTOWN, PA - Airport: CPK, Chesapeake Regional, runway 23, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 46; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 442 total, 16 in this make and model, 277 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 50° at 10 knots, gusting 14 - Visibility: 5 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,600 ft broken - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: CPK ## 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 20000711007159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000711007159A), Jul 11, 2000: Cessna 337C, Chesapeake, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot lost control of aircraft on landing. (.4) the non-instrument rated pilot observed precipitation and low clouds along his route of flight, and chose… 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.