- Date
- May 20, 1984, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Coatsville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N213DLCessna 337
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840520017519A
- Case key
- 35393
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After touchdown about 2,000 ft down the 4,600 x 100 ft rwy the acft bounced back into the air. Witnesses observed the acft rt wing drop causing it to veer to the rt toward a line of parked acft. 900 ft from initial touchdown the acft impacted rt wing first in terrain between the rwy and a parallel taxiway. The acft slid into two parked acft. A Beech baron was was damaged by the collision. A Piper PA-44 was destroyed by the collision and post crash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N213DL
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0033
- Airframe hours
- 1,793
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C/D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald C. Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 40N · Coatsville, PA
- Airport
- 40N · Chester County, runway 29, 4,600 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 18 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHL, 31 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.