- Date
- July 30, 1982, 16:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- South Yarmouth, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N783YBeech B19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820730033629A
- Case key
- 72653
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Judgment - poorCause
Buzzing - performedCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The acft stalled & impacted trees as the plt was buzzing a residence at 150-200 ft above the tree tops.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N783Y
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-887
- Airframe hours
- 2,261
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jenney Beechcraft
- Registered owner
- Jenney Beechcraft
- Departed
- Bedford, MA
- Destination
- Bedford, MA
N783YRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Beech B19Airframe modelBeech B19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 110 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HYA, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.