# Accident 20050620017929A: Piper PA31350, Beverly, MA, June 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2005, 12:06 local time
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Beverly Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5842° N, 70.9164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5842&lon=-70.9164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N615SN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N615SN-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050620017929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THE LEFT ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 16 AT BEVERLY, MA AIRPORT (BVY). ATCT REPORTED TO THE PILOT THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. PILOT MADE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT. PILOT REDUCED POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE BUT DID NOT SECURE IT AND HE DID NOT RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD IN A SOD AREA TO THE WEST OF RUNWAY 16. THE LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE PAVED EDGE OF TAXIWAY ALPHA. THE AIRCRAFT SLID AN ADDITIONAL 193 FEET AFTER STRIKING THE EDGE OF THGE TAXIWAY. IT STOPPED IN A SOD AREA SW OF THE TAXIWAY. THERE WAS NO POSTCRASH FIRE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS BLACK SOOT ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING, FLAP AND ELEVATOR. THE ENGINE WAS CHECKED FOR DAMAGES AND SUCCESSFULLY RUN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2005.

## 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 NYC05LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA103), Jun 20, 2005: Piper PA-31-350 (N615SN), Beverly, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point while conducting a precautionary landing. A factor was the partial loss of power to one engine for undetermined reasons.

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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