- Date
- March 5, 1982, 10:54 local (15:54 UTC)
- Place
- Manchester, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6135SBeech C-24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820305002289A
- Case key
- 71559
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Analysis
The tower controller advised the flight while on base leg that the winds were from 300 degrees at 15 knots. This information was given at 1045 EST and was the last wind information given to the pilot before landing. According to the pilot moderate turbulence and gusty winds were encountered on final approach until touchdown. At touchdown gusts caught the aircraft, directional control was lost, theaircraft departed the left side of the runway, struck a frozen snowbank, and turned over. The 1050 EST Manchester weather observation stated that the winds were 310 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 25 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6135S
- Reported as
- Beech C-24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC753
- Airframe hours
- 113
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jenney Beechcraft
- Registered owner
- Peter R. Maggs
- Departed
- Bedford, MA
- Destination
- Bedford, MA
- Airport
- MHT · Manchester/Greinier Ind., runway 35, 7,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 863 total · 262 in this make and model · 736 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 113 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.