- Date
- November 14, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Phillipsburg, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2581SCessna 33TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30557
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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 Cessna 337 experienced engine surging and plt made a precautionary landing at an airport while enroute to destination. The aircraft landed 200 ft short of the runway and received substantial damage while the two occupants were not injured. On scene examination of the aircraft found fuel in the auxiliary tanks. When the pilot was interviewed, it was learned that the pilot did not understand the fuel selectors on the aircraft. The pilot thought he was selecting the auxiliary tank when in fact he was switching from one main tank to another.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2581S
- Reported as
- Cessna 33TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0881
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Malone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Orange State, MD
- Destination
- 8G5 · St. Marys, PA
- Airport
- PSB · Phillipsburg/Mid-State, runway 16, 5,711 × 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,750 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UNV, 11 nm away