- Date
- February 24, 1983, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Beverly, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N972QBeech P35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830224039929A
- Case key
- 35159
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The approach was made at 90 mph with full flaps in winds gusting to 25K. As the plt flared for landing the right gear contacted a pot hole at the approach lip of the rwy blowing the tire causing the rear strut to push a hole into the wing skin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N972Q
- Reported as
- Beech P35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D6851
- Airframe hours
- 3,004
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-N, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C.R.,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 19, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- BVY · Beverly, runway 34, 4,737 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,572 total · 1,071 in this make and model · 1,497 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °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 N972Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.