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FTW85FA040 · Cessna T337B

8 Nov 1984 · West Monroe, LA, United States

Cessna T337B · Accident: total loss of engine power (non-mechanical) en route

From Hank Sasser Airport at Breakaway (40XS) to Monroe Regional Airport (MLU)

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Event

NTSB case
FTW85FA040
Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
Completed
API-reported fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
General aviation
WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
Visual Meteorological Cond

Cessna T337B

Aircraft type
Cessna 337
Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N6T
Operator
Unknown
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From Hank Sasser Airport at Breakaway (40XS), Cedar Park, TXTo Monroe Regional Airport (MLU), Monroe, LA
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 91: General Aviation
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
En route · cruise
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
Total loss of engine power (non-mechanical)
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
Destroyed

Cause areas

  • Fluid, fuel › Pressure too low
  • Pilot in command › Aircraft service, improper
  • Pilot in command › Emergency procedure, not followed
  • Pilot in command › Preflight planning/preparation, inadequate
  • Pilot in command › Refueling, not performed

Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.

NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES DURING A FORCED LNDG AFTER BOTH ENGS LOST PWR. THE ACFT HAD BEEN RECENTLY PURCHASED AND WAS BEING FERRIED TO THE NEW OWNER. THE ACFT HAD BEEN FLOWN ONLY 40 HRS SINCE THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WHICH WAS DONE ON 1/19/84. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ACFT HAD SAT UNUSED FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME PRIOR TO BEING PURCHASED BY ITS NEW OWNER. THE PLT FOR THE ACC FLT CONDUCTED A PRE-FLT AND DID NOT REQUEST ANY SERVICE EVEN THOUGH HE COULD NOT SEE FUEL IN THE MAIN TANKS. THESE TANKS WERE ESTIMATED AS HALF FULL BY THE PLT. THE PLT STATED THAT DURING THE 1ST HOUR OF THE FLT HE SELECTED FUEL FROM THE MAIN TANKS. THE SELECTOR WAS PLACED ON AUX POS FOR THE NEXT HOUR AFTER WHICH THE REAR ENG LOST POWER & WAS FEATHERED. A SHORT TIME LATER THE FRONT ENG QUIT. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART EITHER ENG HE SAID AND A GLIDE FROM 5000 FT WAS STARTED TO REACH A HIWAY 8 MILES AWAY, WHICH FAILED. NO MECH PROBLEMS EXCEPT MINOR FUEL CONTAMINENTS WERE FOUND DURING INVEST. DUE TO A MISCALCULATION THE ACFT WAS DISMANTLED PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION

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Sources

NTSB record FTW85FA040
Event ID
20001214X41564
Case number
FTW85FA040
Dataset
historical-pre2008
Source SHA-256
89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
  • Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
  • Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: local date, investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
  • The date is the local date; the NTSB stores the UTC date 1984-11-09.
  • API snapshot SHA-256: de4e9ad23a3419f2da03bea3d509e3cb94dfbe2e657c8a814dc94b948335d764; retrieved 2026-09-21T17:24:43.655Z.