- Date
- September 8, 1990, 07:40 local (11:40 UTC)
- Place
- Manville, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2654SCessna C337
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900908047359A
- Case key
- 36737
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to secure his seat which slipped back during the take off run.
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 was taking off and at rotation, the seat slipped back. The pilot was unable to reach the flight controls and the airplane ran off the departure end of the runway and struck terrain. When examined by the FAA, the seat was found to be in compliance with the seat AD and the situation could only be duplicated when the seat was placed between locks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2654S
- Reported as
- Cessna C337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337 0954
- Airframe hours
- 3,099
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Drury
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989
- Destination
- HZL · Hazelton, PA
- Airport
- 47N · Kupper, runway 25, 3,300 × 50 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,418 total · 713 in this make and model · 2,418 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.