# Accident 20010521038709A: Beech E55, West Chester, PA, May 21, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Airport: Brandywine Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9944° N, 75.5833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9944&lon=-75.5833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4783M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4783M-2012-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521038709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON MAY 21, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 0955 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 55, N4783M, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED VEHICLES AFTER AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AT THE BRADYWIND AIRPORT (N99), WEST CHESTER, PA. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD01LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA058), May 21, 2001: Beech 55 (N4783M), West Chester, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial blockage of the pitot/static system, which led to an inaccurate airspeed indication, and resulted in an aborted takeoff and runway overrun. A factor was the wet runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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