- Date
- November 1, 1982, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Meadville, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N402DLCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821101056579A
- Case key
- 71642
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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 approached high and fast for landing on runway 4. The wind was from 240 deg at 10 to 12 KTS. The aircraft floated and after touchdown, the pilot was unable to stop on the wet, downsloping runway. After departing the runway, the aircraft continued down a steeper slope and into an area of brush and trees. All three gear collapsed, there was leading edge spar damage on both wings, and the right side fuselage skin, forward of the right wing, was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N402DL
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402 B0598
- Airframe hours
- 2,592
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Darne, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Darne, Inc.
- Departed
- Allentown, PA
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Port Meadville, runway 4, 3,050 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 400 in this make and model · 4,700 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.