Cessna 337F N1770M

Summary

On 4 July 1986 at about 00:10 local time, a Cessna 337F registered N1770M was involved in an accident near Cherry Point, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 July 1986 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Cherry Point, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Ch. Pr Marine Corps Airst (NKT)

Coordinates

34.8990, -76.9001

Aircraft

Cessna 337F

Registration

N1770M

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Knoxville → Beaufort

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL86LA191

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE UP POSITION THE GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN SOUNDED. THE PLT REPORTED A STALL WARNING HORN TO ATC AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED. FINDING NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT THE PLT. TOOK-OFF AGAIN. WHENTHE HORN AGAIN CAME ON HE AND ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS TOOK TURNS HOLDING THE TEST BOTTON IN TO KEEP THE HORN SILENT. FINALLY THEY PUT A PIECE OF PAPER UNDER THE BOTTON, THAT STOPPED THE HORN. THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMALLY WITH THE ALTERNATE/EMERGENCY SYSTEMS. A GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE ON GRASS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.