# NTSB NYC90LA216: Cessna C337, N2654S, Manville, NJ, September 8, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 8, 1990, 07:40 local (11:40 UTC)
- Place: Manville, NJ
- Location: 40.5244° N, 74.5983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL JERSEY RGNL (47N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5244&lon=-74.5983&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36737
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC90LA216
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36737/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA216

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO SECURE HIS SEAT WHICH SLIPPED BACK DURING THE TAKE OFF RUN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - fuselage,seat - not secured (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuselage,seat - slipped (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2654S-1997-03-05), registration cancelled 1997-03-05, S/N 3370954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C337
- Registry model: [Cessna 337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (registry code 2075712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 337 0954
- Airframe hours: 3099
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900908047359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900908047359A), Sep 8, 1990: Cessna 337C, Manville, NJ, Substantial damage. Pilot report seat slid back on takeoff roll. Unable reach controls ran off end runway. No defects in seat latch.

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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