# Accident 20180620013619A: Aircraft Mfg & Development Co CH 2000, Newburyport, MA, June 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2018, 13:00 local time
- Place: Newburyport, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7964° N, 70.8394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7964&lon=-70.8394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N239AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N239AM-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 (registry code 0033001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-ch-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRCRAFT MFG & DEVELOPMENT CO CH 2000
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 25 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180620013619A

## Narrative

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

THE EVENT OCCURRED AT PLUM ISLAND AIRPORT (2B2) IN NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS AT 1240 PM. THE AIRMAN DEPARTED PORTLAND, MAINE TO PLUM ISLAND. THE AIRMAN ENTERED MID-FIELD AND CROSSED RUNWAY 28/10 AT 1100 FEET TO ENTER A LEFT CROSSWIND FOR RUNWAY 28. THE AIRMAN MADE AN APPROACH AT 65 KNOTS FULLY CONFIGURED FOR LANDING.

ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN'S STATEMENTS, "AFTER GOING OVER THE THRESHOLD PLANE STARTED TO DESCEND AND DRIFT LEFT AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO DO A GO-AROUND AND GAVE IT FULL POWER AS I WAS NO LONGER ABOVE THE PAVED RUNWAY. MY LEFT REAR MAIN WHEEL STRUCK THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY AS I WAS DEPARTING HOWEVER THE PLANE WAS NOT GAINING ALTITUDE AND CONTINUED TO GO LEFT. I PUT FLAPS UP HOPING TO GAIN ALTITUDE FOR THE GO-AROUND AND THE PLANE WAS NOT RESPONDING I WAS NOT ASCENDING AND THE STALL ALARM WAS GOING OFF. I THEN I PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD TO AVOID A STALL AND STRUCK THE GRASS RUNWAY AND THEN INTO THE TREES."

BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, NO MARKINGS WERE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUNWAY SUCH AS SCRAPS, OR TIRE MARKS. THE MAIN WHEELS FIRST MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND HALF-WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 200 YARDS TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 28 IN THE DIRECTION OF THE THICK BRUSH AND WOODED AREA. 20 FEET PAST THE FIRST WHEEL MARKS, MULTIPLE PROPELLER STRIKES ARE VISIBLE IN THE SOFT GROUND, AND MORE WHEEL MARKS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THICK BRUSH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EMBEDDED 5 FEET INTO THICK BRUSH AT A PITCH OF APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES NOSE DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS TORE FROM THE HUB AND FOUND UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS FOUND 8 FEET IN FRONT OF THE AIRFRAME.

THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, WINGS, WING SPAR, LANDING GEAR, AND FUSELAGE SKIN. THE AIRMAN WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 ERA18LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA175), Jun 20, 2018: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 (N239AM), Newburyport, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for existing crosswind conditions during the final approach and landing flare, which led to the airplane drifting left of the runway, and his delayed…

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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