# NTSB NYC83FA016: Cessna 402B, N402DL, Meadville, PA, November 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1982, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Meadville, PA
- Location: 41.6479° N, 80.1474° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meadville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6479&lon=-80.1474&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71642
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71642/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA016

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - downhill (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - aircraft performance,hydroplaning condition - water (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - downhill (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - landing gear - overload
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402DL-2012-10-03), registration cancelled 2012-10-03, S/N 402B0598, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402 B0598
- Airframe hours: 2592
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821101056579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821101056579A), Nov 1, 1982: Cessna 402B, Port Meadville, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed long and fast on wet runway and rolled off end into trees.

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.

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