- Date
- June 20, 1983, 14:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5479SCessna 337B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830620026349A
- Case key
- 39716
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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 pilot stated he was demonstrating a 'steep letdown' to his passenger from about 3200 MSL. The descent was with full flaps, landing gear extended and power off on both engines. At about 1200 MSL the pilot leveled off and added power and had none on the rear engine, then the front engine sputtered and quit. Both engines were being fueled from the aux fuel tanks during the descent. The plt attempted to restart the front engine when the acft stalled and crashed. No fuel was found in the left aux tank and the right aux had about 2.5 gals. The aux tank fuel pick-ups are located at the rear of the tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5479S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0579
- Airframe hours
- 2,650
- Engine
- Continental IO-360 C/D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerome Lee Shannon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1978 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,420 total · 149 in this make and model · 1,370 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.