# Accident 19980530011449A: Cessna 172D, Beverly, MA, May 30, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1998, 11:45 local time
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Beverly Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- 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: N2507Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2507Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 674 total, 583 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980530011449A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND BUT ELECTED TO GOR AROUND, RAN OFF RWY INTO THE INFIELD GRASS, BEVERLY, MA. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS SHE FLARED THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 34, A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE AIRPLANE 30 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. SHE STATED THAT SHE IMMEDIATELY ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT. AT MIDFIELD, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, NOTHING LOOKED RIGHT; AND STILL UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRPLANE, SHE PULLED THE POWER OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT EVENTS HAPPENED SO QUICKLY, SHE DID NOT REMEMBER THE LEFT WING CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE FROM 320 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE. AN FAA INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED 550 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND, LEAVING THE OUTBOARD 16 INCHES OF THE WING BENT UP, AND THE AILERON BENT DOWN.  FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE WING REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE TRAILING EDGE SPAR.                                                                          (-23) OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT DURING LANDING. WITNESS SAYS AIRCRAFT BALLOONED ON LANDING AND THAT POWER WAS APPLIED THEN REMOVED WHILE THE A/C WAS TRAVELING AT 900 TO THE R/W. OPERATORS DOESN'T RECALL BALLOONING AT THE SAME POINT THE A/C WAS IN THE AIR BEFORE STRIKING WING ON GROUND.

## 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 IAD98LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA064), May 30, 1998: Cessna 172D (N2507Y), Beverly, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during the landing and attempted go-around. A related factor was the crosswind.

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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