Chester County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Coatsville, Pennsylvania 19320
Sunday, May 20, 1984 12:45 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/20/1984
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1245
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City COATSVILLE
Event State PENNSYLVANIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 19320
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport CHESTER COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 40N
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 662
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1653 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 292
Weather Observation Facility ID PHL
Elevation of weather observation facility 21
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 31
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 25
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 13
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 160
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 1000
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1809
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 25688
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N213DL
NTSB Number NYC84FHD02
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion Ground
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 337
Aircraft Series Identifier 337
Aircraft Serial Number 337-0033
Certified Max Gross Weight 4200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 28 1983 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 0
Airframe Hours 1793
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City
Aircraft Owner State
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name RONALD C. SCOTT
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 500 PUBLIC LEDGER BLDG.
Operator City PHILADELPHIA
Operator State PA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 19106
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 40N
Departure City COATSVILLE
Departure State PA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1230
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 29
Runway Length 4600
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --