# Incident 19810904068409I: Piper PA30, Beverly, MA, September 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Beverly
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5841° N, 70.9161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEVERLY RGNL (BVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5841&lon=-70.9161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8266Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8266Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810904068409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT TAXIIED AIRCRAFT INTO A DITCH. DAMAGED PROP TIPS AND GEAR DOORS.

## Other reports on N8266Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090221001829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090221001829I), Feb 21, 2009: Piper PA30 (N8266Y), Raleigh/Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that he was on a personal day VFR flight returning to the Raleigh area. He was cleared to land on runway 23R at rdu. The approach and…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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