# NTSB NYC84FA227: Cessna 402C, N120PB, Boston, MA, June 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1984, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Boston, MA
- Location: 42.3742° N, 70.9496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3742&lon=-70.9496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35352
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35352/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA227

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - decision height - not identified, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE FLT WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS/DME APCH TO RWY 27. WHILE ON THE APCH, THE ACFT CRASHED IN THE OCEAN ABOUT 2.7 MI EAST OF THE RWY THRESHOLD. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS MAKING THE APCH, USING INSTRUMENTS, & LANDED SHORT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. HE RECEIVED A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY, BUT WAS RESCUED BY FISHERMEN WHO HEARD THE ACFT CRASH AND WENT TO WHERE THEY HEARD THE VOICES OF THE VICTIMS IN THE FOG. THE 0835 WX AT BOSTON WAS IN PART: PARTIAL OBSCURATION, 25,000 FT OVERCAST, 4 MI VISIBILITY WITH FOG & HAZE, WIND FROM 140 DEG AT 7 KTS. OTHER PLTS REPORTED LOW CEILINGS & A FOG BANK IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N120PB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402C0473
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-VB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Provincetown Boston Airline
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, June 12, 1984, 43 hours before
- Departed: PVC, PROVINCETOWN, MA
- Destination: BOS, BOSTON, MA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BOS, General Edward Lawrence, runway 27, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,336 total, 1,979 as pilot in command, 130 in the last 90 days, 56 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 7 knots
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BOS, 3 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840630076509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840630076509A), Jun 30, 1984: Cessna 402C, Boston, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck water during descent on ILS approach. No mechanical or control problems found. Low fog layer over water.

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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