# Accident 19841102059829A: Piper PA28140, Beverly, MA, November 2, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1984, 00:14 local time
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5806° N, 70.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5806&lon=-70.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9930W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9930W-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 320 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841102059829A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT FLYING WHILE INTOXICATED, STRUCK TREES ON APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. IFR CONDITIONS EXISTED ON A DARK NIGHT.

## 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 NYC85FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA019), Nov 2, 1984: Piper PA-28-140 (N9930W), Beverly, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N9930W (1)

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

- [Accident 19760131001389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760131001389A), Jan 31, 1976: Piper PA28140 (N9930W), Post Mills, VT, Substantial damage

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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