# NTSB NYC83LA186: Piper PA-28R-200, N2075T, Oak Bluffs, MA, July 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1983, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Oak Bluffs, MA
- Location: 41.4538° N, 70.5649° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oak Bluffs, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4538&lon=-70.5649&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35237
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA186
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35237/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA186

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORT THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, HE ENCOUNTERED A BUMP ON THE RWY & THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE APRX 5 TO 10 FT. HE ELECTED TO GO AROUND RATHER THAN CONTINUE THE LANDING SINCE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO RECOVER & STOP SAFELY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO-AROUND, THE ACFT HIT THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF ANOTHER PLANE PARKED NEAR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN SLID ALONG A PARKING LOT & HIT A PARKED CAR & A 2ND PARKED ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2075T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2075T-1984-12-11), registration cancelled 1984-12-11, S/N 28R-7135019 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 71350019
- Airframe hours: 2560
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C11C 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bruce M. Thatcher
- Registered owner: Loonie Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 20, 1983, 25 hours before
- Departed: LWM, LAWRENCE, MA
- Destination: B18, OAK BLUFFS, MA
- Airport: B18, Trade Winds, runway 31, 1,900 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,197 total, 193 in this make and model, 978 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830721034199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830721034199A), Jul 21, 1983: Piper PA28R200, Oak Bluffs, MA, Substantial damage. Becambe airborne on a bump after landing. Struck a parked aircraft and a vehicle off side of runway on a go around.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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