# Accident 19811017068049A: Piper PA28161, Danvers, MA, October 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1981, 15:57 local time
- Place: Danvers, MA
- Airport: Beverly
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N2065M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2065M-1982-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 810 total, 422 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811017068049A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT REAR SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN FLIGHT. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING BUT REAR PASSENGERS WERE ASPHYXIATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC82FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA004), Oct 17, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2065M), Danvers, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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