- Date
- June 3, 1987, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3476GNorth American B-25N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870603021589A
- Case key
- 30665
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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
The acft touched down hard on the grassy area 5 to 10 ft short of the rwy. The plt stated at the time that he felt and heard the hydraulic line burst in the cabin which left the aircraft without brakes. The acft failed to stop and continued to roll off the end of the runway into shrubs, trees, and up an embankment where it came to rest with the nose gear folded back. Post-crash exam revealed that the hydraulic line to the main accumulator had come apart.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3476G
- Reported as
- North American B-25N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-28932
- Airframe hours
- 9,759
- Engine
- Wright CW2600-35, 980 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Collings Trust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1986 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- New Bedford, MA
- Destination
- Stow, MA
- Airport
- 6B6 · Minute Man, runway 21, 2,770 × 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,330 total · 454 in this make and model · 2,980 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.