- Date
- October 17, 1981
- Place
- Danvers, MA · DANVERS, MA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2065MPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811017068049A
- Case key
- 122720
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3608 81/10/17 DANVERS,MA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1557 N2065M PX- 2 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 810 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 422 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEVERLY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LACONIA,NH DANVERS,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED REMARKS- R REAR SEAT BOTTOM CTCTD POS BATTERY CABLE.FAA ISSUED EMERGCY AD ON 11/3/81 MAKING SB631B MANDTRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2065M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beverly
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.