42.7003° N, 71.1614° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawrence, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 8, 1987 · 13:00 local
Place
Lawrence, MA
Airport
Riverside
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N98288
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
68 total40 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Overshot landing and clipped trees on go around. Pilot had experience rough engine caused by faulty magneto coil.
As the FAA filed it
OVERSHOT LANDING AND CLIPPED TREES ON GO AROUND. PILOT HAD EXPERIENCE ROUGH ENGINE CAUSED BY FAULTY MAGNETO COIL.