- Date
- August 24, 1992, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Coatesville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37DDPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920824032919A
- Case key
- 37218
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue the approach and eventual touching down off the runway which resulted in a loss of control of the airplane and collapsing the landing gear. A factor in this accident was the pilot's loss of visual perception and fog.
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 reported that during an ILS approach he did not see the runway at decision height and initiated a missed approach. After initiating the missed approach the runway became visible and he reduced power for a landing. During the flare, the pilot lost sight of the runway because of ground fog. The airplane had drifted to the right and touched down in the grassy area to the right of the runway centerline. The airplane slid out of control on the wet grass. The main landing gear collapsed as the airplane slid on the grass, and the nose gear collapsed when the airplane slid back onto the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37DD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7970481
- Airframe hours
- 1,307
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB1, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Devaney
- Registered owner
- Dev-Air Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- 26N · Ocean City, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 40N · Chester County Carlson, runway 29, 5,400 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,830 total · 1,306 in this make and model · 1,725 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.