# Accident 20010521010169A: Piper PA28161, Beverly, MA, May 21, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2001, 22:10 local time
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Beverly Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 42.5856° N, 70.9244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5856&lon=-70.9244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8365M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8365M-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521010169A

## Narrative

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

(-23)A PIPER WARRIOR CRASHED THREE MINUTES AFTER TAKING OFF FROM BEVERLY, MA AIRPORT, KILLING THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, PAUL BONAIUTO 70, OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ JOSEPH LEBLANC, 30 OF ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ AND DEBORAH BARTLETT, 26 OF ^PRIVACY DATA^. THE AIRCRAFT CRAHSED IN THE BACK YARD AT 18 TULANE RD. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CRAHSED AT A 70-DEGREE ANGLE NOSE FIRST.  AFTER IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED UPSIDE DOWN, BASED ON THE PATTERN OF THE SCORCH MARKS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.  AIRCRAFT FUEL AND THE FUELING RECORDS WERE INSPECTED AT BVY AIRPORT AND REPORTS SUBMITTED BY THE FBO OWNER MR. VICOTR J. CAPPOZZI.  CONTAMINATED FUEL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.  THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR ASSIGNED WAS DAVID MUZIO, THE PIPER AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE WAS MIKE MCCLURE, AND THE LYCOMING ENGINE MAUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE WAS JOHN B. BULTER.  THE LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND NOTIFIED THE FAA COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.  STATE POLICE DETECTIVES FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ASSISTED IN THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.  ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUTON, MA, THE WEATHER REPORTED AT 9:53 PM MONDAY; CLOUDS WERE 300 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVE L, VISIBILITY WAS 10 MILES AT BVY. THE PLANE TOOK OFF AT 10:01 PM AND CRAHSED THREE MINUTES LATER.  AT 10:10 PM THE CLOUDS WERE AT 100 FEET AND VISIBILITY DROPPED 2 MILES.  EIGHT MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH VISIBILITY WAS TWO AND ONE HALF MILES.  MR. BONAIUTO'S EXPIRED SECOND CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE CONTAIN A SPECIAL RESTRICTION AND WAIVER WHICH STATES, "NOT VALID FOR NIGHT FLYING OR COLOR SIGNAL CONTROL".

## 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 NYC01FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA128), May 22, 2001: Piper PA-28-161 (N8365M), Danvers, MA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors in the accident were the dark night, low ceiling, reduced visibility, and the pilot's decision to attempt a visual flight rules flight in…

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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