- Date
- February 7, 1987, 17:42 local (22:42 UTC)
- Place
- Beverly, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N472EHGrumman American AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870207002259A
- Case key
- 30598
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Student pilot became lost and disoriented during enroute flight to the manchester area and landed at Beverly airport instead. During landing roll, the aircraft drifted to the left of the runway and collided with a snowbank, breaking off the nose gear and right wheel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N472EH
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA50079
- Airframe hours
- 998
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bryan Kendall
- Registered owner
- Steven Lutz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1986 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- Concord, NH
- Destination
- Nashua, NH
- Airport
- BVY · Beverly, runway 9, 5,000 × 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.