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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech D55 · West Chester, PA · May 23, 1981

Date
May 23, 1981 · 07:10 local
Place
West Chester, PA
Airport
Brandywine
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N322SP
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC82FHD25
Reported as
Beech D55
Reported engine
Continental IO520C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total2,200 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to stop on wet grass runway on landing roll. Ground-looped to avoid end of runway. Skidded into embankment.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO STOP ON WET GRASS RUNWAY ON LANDING ROLL. GROUND-LOOPED TO AVOID END OF RUNWAY. SKIDDED INTO EMBANKMENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.