# NTSB NYC84FHD02: Cessna 337, N213DL, Coatsville, PA, May 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1984, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Coatsville, PA
- Coordinates: 39.980869, -75.810569 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9809&lon=-75.8106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35393
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FHD02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35393/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FHD02

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - aircraft parked/standing
- Fire, other

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N213DL-2012-08-09), registration cancelled 2012-08-09, S/N 337-0033, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Registry model: [Cessna 337](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337) (registry code 2075702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 337-0033
- Airframe hours: 1793
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840520017519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840520017519A), May 20, 1984: Cessna 337, Coatesville, PA, Destroyed. Hard landings, loss of control. Aircraft veered off runway, struck two parked aircraft. Impact fire occurred.

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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