- Date
- June 27, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salisbury, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3590GCallair A-9
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820627024939A
- Case key
- 72466
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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.
Analysis
After taking off, the pilot began an approach to pick up an advertising banner. A witness observed the plane circling to the right. He reported that as the plane turned right, it suddenly plunged straight to the ground. The aircraft crashed in a marshland.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3590G
- Reported as
- Callair A-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1230
- Airframe hours
- 2,749
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- National Aero. Adv.,Inc.
- Registered owner
- National Aero. Adv.,Inc.
- Departed
- Hampton, MA
- Destination
- Hampton, MA
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 598 total · 33 in this make and model · 515 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.