# NTSB investigations, 1985, MA NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB DCA86AA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA86AA011.md): Boeing 747-136 · Boston, MA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Dec 15, 1985 · GAWNE · Substantial damage > Aprx 16 ft of the left inboard trailing edge flap separated while the acft was on final apch to land. The apch and landing were completed without further incident. Investigation revealed 5 of the 8 bolts which hold the no. 3 flap trackforward attach fitting… - [NTSB NYC86FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA049.md): Cessna 340A · Peru, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 8, 1985 · N36888 · Destroyed > During IFR flight at 12000 feet both aircraft vacuum pumps failed. Aircraft descended in right turn off radar. Witnesses observed aircraft at low altitude above trees, circle, make steep left turn, climb and descend to ground. - [NTSB NYC86LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA042.md): Israel Aircraft Industries WW-24 · Worcester, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 27, 1985 · N4WG · Substantial damage > According to the pilot, the flight was normal, upon touchdown the reversers were deployed, pilot had information that braking action was poor and rwy was icy but had been sanded, pilot landed on the left side of the rwy centerline aircraft began to drift… - [NTSB NYC86LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA044.md): Piper Aztec · North Adams, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 26, 1985 · N6LQ · Destroyed > The flight departed albany new york under VFR conditions and picked up IFR clearance to pittsfield, MA. The pilot flew the approach until reaching VFR under a cloud layer at about 2500 ft. continuing VFR toward no. Adams at an altitude of 2000 ft, the pilot… - [NTSB NYC86FNE01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FNE01.md): Dorfman,William A. Bede 4/275 · Westfield, MA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Nov 10, 1985 · N58266 · Substantial damage > The aircraft collided with the ground off to the side of the runway during a takeoff attempt. The nose gear and the main gear collapsed during the ground contact. The wind blew the aircraft to the side with a wing raised and before recovery as effected the… - [NTSB NYC86LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA024.md): Piper PA-38-112 · Norwood, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 1985 · N2561P · Destroyed > The plt stated a gust of wind was encountered when the acft was 5 ft from touchdown. The gust turned the acft 90 degs from the rwy heading. The plt applied pwr to avoid trees but was unsuccessful and a collision with the trees occurred. Winds were reportedly… - [NTSB NYC86LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA013.md): Robinson R22A · Sterling, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1985 · N9069G · Substantial damage > The accident occurred when the CFI allowed the student who was in a hover maneuver to lose rotor RPM. The helicopter drift rearward, the left rear skid dug into the ground and the helicopter rolled over. RPM decayed so badly that the helicopter could not… - [NTSB NYC86LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA008.md): Waco UPF-7 · Norwood, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 1985 · N39714 · Substantial damage > According to the pilot, during the takeoff climb the aircraft did not develop sufficient power to maintain altitude. The pilot turned the aircraft to the right in an attempt to return to the airport. During the approach to the airport, the aircraft collided… - [NTSB NYC86LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA007.md): Ercoupe 415-D · Sterling, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 11, 1985 · N3191H · Destroyed > The acft contacted trees while making an apch to rwy 34 at Sterling, Massachusetts. The acft crashed about 100 ft short of the rwy. The plt stated that a severe downdraft was encountered and then a rapid rate of descent followed. The left main gear struck… - [NTSB NYC85LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA249.md): Grumman AA-5B · Manchester, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 1985 · N88SJ · Substantial damage > Plt stated that during cruise flight at an altitude of 1200 ft the engine RPM decreaseed from cruise setting to between 900-1100 RPM. The acft was overwater and 2 miles from the coastline. He was unable to maintain altitude and he started a descent toward… - [NTSB NYC85LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA242.md): Cessna 172 · Ware, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 18, 1985 · N738SA · Destroyed > The student plt and CFI were practicing full stop night landings when the accident occurred. While on final apch for thefourth landing, the acft collided with trees 1.7 NM short of the rwy. - [NTSB NYC85LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA216.md): Piper PA-32-300 · Provincetown, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 18, 1985 · N15805 · Substantial damage > Plt experience eng pwr loss during tke climb at a height of about 350 ft. the plt headed toward a beach and ditched about 50 yards offshore in order to avoid crowd. The acft submerged underwater afterwards. Examination of the acft disclosed leadlike… - [NTSB NYC85FNA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FNA03.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Newburyport, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Aug 18, 1985 · N8371C · Substantial damage > The pilot attempted a landing at night with an inoperative landing light and no runway lights. After circling the airport 3 or 4 times he attempted a landing. The aircraft received substantial damage and the pilot received serious injuries. The passenger… - [NTSB NYC85LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA199.md): Piper PA-28-151 · Lawrence, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1985 · N32741 · Substantial damage > After refueling the acft, the plt attempted to start the eng with the throttle full open and the mixture at idle cut off. The instructor thought the eng was vapor locked and was going to drain the gascolator when he noticed a fire in the carburetor airbox.… - [NTSB NYC85LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA193.md): Piper PA-30 · Worcester, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1985 · N999RH · Substantial damage > The instructor (CFI) & student were practicing touch-&-go landings. On the 4th landing, the apch & touchdown were made with full flaps extended. The CFI began to retract the flaps while the student applied full power for takeoff. The acft became airborne &… - [NTSB NYC85LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA191.md): Schweizer SGS 2-33A · Plymouth, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1985 · N2039T · Substantial damage > The aircraft was towed to an alt of 3000 ft. the plt set up for landing and entered the pattern at the initial point at about 1200 ft. the apch went normally until the base leg. After turning onto the base leg, the plt experienced a high sink rate. The plt… - [NTSB NYC85FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA185.md): Bellanca 8KCAB · Fall River, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1985 · N5504B · Destroyed > Witnesses observed the acft execute an aerial pick up of the aerial advertising banner & climb very steeply away from the ground. Normal eng sounds were reported by the witnesses. The acft was observed to climb to an alt of approx 150 ft, nearly come to a… - [NTSB NYC85LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA184.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Nantucket, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 1985 · N8247A · Destroyed > The acft was observed in a medium left bank turning through a south southwest heading as it appeared from the clouds. The acft continued to descend in that attitude until it collided with the trees about 3.5 miles southeast of the arpt. The plt and passenger… - [NTSB NYC85LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA170.md): Piper PA-32R-301T · Provincetown, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1985 · N8210H · Substantial damage > During arrival, the acft was vectored for an ILS rwy 7 apch which was made with a tail wind. On his 1st attempt, the plt made a missed apch & was vectored for another ILS. After making a 2nd apch, he landed. The plt stated that while he was landing, he… - [NTSB NYC85LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA167.md): Piper PA28-151 · Chatham, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 13, 1985 · N5405F · Substantial damage > During the final approach to runway 24, the aircraft was too high and fast. The pilot decided to land on the runway instead of going around. According to the pilot, the aircraft landed too FAR down the runway and went over the end. - [NTSB NYC85LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA194.md): Maule MX-7-235 · Savoy, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1985 · N70LB · Substantial damage > The pilot was attempting to land on a dirt runway approximately 800 feet long with a small dirt embankment at the threshold. During the approach, the aircraft landed short and the landing gear collided with the embankment. The aircraft nosed over and came to… - [NTSB NYC85FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA163.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-26 · Southbridge, MA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1985 · N727MA · Destroyed > During lndg the acft impacted hard and skidded down the rwy before it went off the left side of the rwy. The left main wheel separted and the nose gear collapsed. Both plts stated the lndg apch was normal until the acft was aprx 15 ftabove the rwy at which… - [NTSB NYC85FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA260.md): Douglas DC-9 · Boston, MA · Incident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 1985 · N968BJ · No damage > The acft was climbing out of 10000 ft, shortly after tkf, when the PIC lost consciousness. The copilot took control of the flight and returned to Boston where a lndg occured without incident. Medical examination of the PIC revealed that he suffered a heart… - [NTSB NYC85LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA066.md): Cessna 182RG · Norfolk, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 1985 · N2306C · Substantial damage > The acft was unintentionally landed with the gear retracted. A CFI and a pvt plt were on board at the time of the accident. The pvt plt in the left seat was flying the acft and on the third landing failed to extend the gear. The CFI in the right seat was… - [NTSB NYC85FNA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FNA02.md): Mcpherson Evans VP-1 · Boxborough, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jun 11, 1985 · N106JM · Substantial damage > The pilot experienced an engine failure and allowed the airspeed to decrease until the aircraft stalled and spun to the ground. The cause of the engine failure was not determined. The pilot received serious injuries and the homebuilt aircraft received… - [NTSB NYC85LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA139.md): Piper PA-28RT-201 · Newbury, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 1985 · N291CC · Destroyed > According to a passenger, after a long ground roll, the acft lifted off and the plt attempted to increase airspeed by lowering the pitch attitude. As the acft approached the end of the rwy and trees, the stall warning horn sounded. The plt again attempted to… - [NTSB NYC85FNA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FNA01.md): Gulfstream AA-5B · Boxborough, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jun 1, 1985 · N4523B · Destroyed > The pilot made six attempts at landing with a left crosswind of 24 knots. On the last attempt he was observed to lose control and crash into the trees off he departure end of the runway. The aircraft burnded and the pilot received serious injuries. - [NTSB NYC85LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA121.md): Cessna 150M · Hancock, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 10, 1985 · N3550V · Substantial damage > The acft was under contract to the Massachusetts state environmental department. It was being used for aerial observation of forest fires & for the disposition of ground fire fighting personel & equipment. The plt reported that while he was attempting to find… - [NTSB NYC85LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA124.md): Piper PA-28-181 · Stow, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 7, 1985 · N82054 · Substantial damage > Piper PA28-181N82054 landed hard on runway 3 at minute man airport, Stow, mass. The student was performing touch and go landings, on one landing, the pilot stated that the aircraft bounced and then veered to the left. Rudder was applied but there was no… - [NTSB NYC85LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA116.md): Centrair 101A · Barre, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 4, 1985 · N4429W · Substantial damage > The acft encountered windshear during the approach to land and landed in trees. By the time the plt realized his situation it was too late and his wing tip hit a tree top. The acft camp to rest in trees. - [NTSB NYC85LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA107.md): Beech D95A · Boston, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1985 · N348JL · Substantial damage > According to the plt, the gear warning horn circuit breaker was pulled en route to stop the horn from sounding while the pwr was at a low setting because of turbulence. The circuit breaker was not reset prior to landing. During the apch,the plt lowered the… - [NTSB NYC85LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA095.md): Let L-13 · Mansfield, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1985 · N90862 · Substantial damage > The plt reported that he turned onto final apch at about 500 ft AGL & the pattern was normal until he was about 1/3 mi from the rwy threshold. The glider then began to sink rapidly. The plt realized that he would be unable to glide to the rwy, so he decided… - [NTSB NYC85FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA099.md): Piper PA-31-310 · Nantucket, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1985 · N68DD · Destroyed > Acft collided with trees during final approach to runway 24. No evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction of the acft was found. Reported wx at crash site indefinite 100 feet sky obscured. RVR 2400 feet. Acft should have encountered a decreasing headwind… - [NTSB NYC85LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA096.md): Maule M-5-235C · Pittsfield, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 31, 1985 · N386X · Substantial damage > During a preflt wx briefing, the plt was advised of possible moderate icing in clouds from the surface to 4000 ft. while in flt, structural icing conditions were encountered & rime ice accumulated on the windshield. Also, carb ice conditions were encountered… - [NTSB NYC85LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA093.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Orange, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1985 · N43871 · Substantial damage > The plt reported he was flying at about 25 ft above water. As the acft crossed over a grass covered sand bar, the gear encountered 'swail grass' & the acft was 'dragged in.' The plt also reported that the acft had encountered turbulence; however, a witness… - [NTSB NYC85LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA085.md): Boeing JB-75 · Marston Mills, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 22, 1985 · N3993P · Substantial damage > The acft nosed over after contacting an utility pole during an overrun landing. The acft touched down aprx 1/2 way down the rwy and the plt applied brakes, however, braking action was poor because of the wet grass rwy. The acft skidded off the end of the rwy… - [NTSB NYC85LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA032.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Taunton, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 2, 1985 · N4416X · Substantial damage > While approaching about 6 mi from the arpt, the eng lost power & the acft began descending toward a pond. There was a surge of power, but power was lost again. The plt stated that he brought the nose up above the trees to 'mush' the plane in rather than go… - [NTSB NYC85LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA051.md): Beech B58 · New Bedford, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 1985 · N17824 · Substantial damage > The acft experienced a gear collapse during landing. During the first landing and takeoff the plt noticed the left main gear began to collapse. The takeoff was continued and two passes were performed in front of the ATC twr. Twr personnel advised that the… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1985 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?state=MA&year=1985 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.