# Accident 19961221039779A: Piper PA28140, Beverly, MA, December 21, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1996, 11:22 local time
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Beverly Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5981° N, 70.9216° 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=42.5981&lon=-70.9216&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7246F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7246F-2000-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961221039779A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT REPORTED LOSING POWER DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING, CRASHED ON TAXIWAY. (-23) ON 12/21/96 AT 1122L, N7246F, A PIPER-28-140, PILOTED BY SOLE OCCUPANT, MICHAEL R. LEBEL, 300 ISLAND POND ROAD, DERRY, N.H., 03038, PRIVATE CERTIFICATE #030502699, INVOLVED IN A TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER ON RUNWAY 34 AT BEVERLY, MA.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO BEVERLY ATTCT THAT HE WAS LOSING POWER.  A WITNESS STATED THAT AIRCRAFT ATTAINED A VERY HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK, FELL BACKWARDS, AND ROLLED OFF OVER LEFT WING.  AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED ON TAXIWAY "B" APPROXIMATELY 500' FROM NORTH END.  THE PILOT WAS EXTRICATED FROM THE WRECKAGE BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND TRANSPORTED TO THE BEVERLY HOSPITAL.   THE PATIENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY AIRLIFTED TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL  WHERE HE EXPIRED FROM HIS INJURIES TWO DAYS LATER.

## 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 IAD97LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA034), Dec 21, 1996: Piper PA-28-140 (N7246F), Beverly, MA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s), and failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering for a forced landing, which resulted in a stall and subsequent in-flight…

## Other reports on N7246F (1)

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

- [Accident 19790322005039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790322005039A), Mar 22, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N7246F), Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. Pilot landed hard on nose wheel. Nose wheel failed.

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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