- Date
- June 2, 1985, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newbury, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N291CCPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850602021839A
- Case key
- 35885
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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
According to a passenger, after a long ground roll, the acft lifted off and the plt attempted to increase airspeed by lowering the pitch attitude. As the acft approached the end of the rwy and trees, the stall warning horn sounded. The plt again attempted to level off and increase airspeed. The acft banked to the right and collided with trees as the plt attempted to land on an intersecting rwy. A witness on the aprt stated that the acft lifted off; however, it did not appear ready to fly and visually mushed into the air. The acft banked to the right, contacted some trees and tumbled to the ground. One witness, an air traffic controller, stated the winds shifted from out of the east just prior to the takeoff and the takeoff was attempted with a tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N291CC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7918217
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marmiani Anthony W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- BHB · Bar Harbor, ME
- Airport
- 2B2 · Plum Island, runway 28, 2,520 × 50 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,850 total · 154 in this make and model · 2,855 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LWM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.