# NTSB NYC84LA023: Beech E18S, N383B, Franklin, PA, November 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1983, 06:16 local (11:16 UTC)
- Place: Franklin, PA
- Coordinates: 41.389743, -79.830032 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3897&lon=-79.8300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35463
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35463/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AFTER LANDING, THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT & WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NO PRE-CRASH PART MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N383B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N383B-1995-03-30), registration cancelled 1995-03-30, S/N BA397 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Registry model: [Beech E18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (registry code 1151006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BA397
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Mountain Air Cargo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PIT, PITTSBURGH, PA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FKL, Chess-Lambertson, runway 29, 3,700 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19831108056599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831108056599A), Nov 8, 1983: Beech E18S, Franklin, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing roll.

## Other investigations on N383B (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 MIA78FLG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLG11), Mar 14, 1978: Beech E18S (N383B), West Columbia, SC, substantial damage

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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