- Date
- August 2, 1982, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Beans Purchase, NH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5566FPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820802034679A
- Case key
- 69902
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Analysis
The acft impacted an obscured mountain. An observation log & a pilot-certificated witness confirmed that IFR conditions existed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5566F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,324
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shorline Aviation
- Registered owner
- Shorline Aviation
- Departed
- Moultonboro, NH
- Destination
- Portland, ME
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 7 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Temperature
- 120 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5566F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.