# NTSB NYC88LA001: Beech B23, N4007T, Mansfield, MA, October 2, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 2, 1987, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Location: 42.0009° N, 71.1980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD MUNI (1B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0009&lon=-71.1980&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA001
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36026/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA001

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 KTS. HE RPRTD THAT DRG THE LANDING ROLL ON RWY 22, HE APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AGAINST THE PREVAILING WIND, BUT THE ACFT VEERED LEFT WITH THE APPLICATION OF BRAKES. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT CONTD TOWARD A DRAINAGE AREA BESIDE RWY 14/32. AS THE ACFT CROSSED THE DRAINAGE AREA, IT ENCTRD UPWARD SLOPING TERRAIN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE & WAS DAMAGED. NO PRE-ACDNT MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS RPRTD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4007T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4007T), registered now, S/N M-1114, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M1114
- Airframe hours: 1529
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A2G 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dana R. Clow
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 28, 1987, 23 hours before
- Departed: SFZ, PAWTUCKET, RI
- Destination: 3B2
- Airport: 1B9, Mansfield, runway 22, 2,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 98 total, 16 in this make and model, 53 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °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 19871002058479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871002058479A), Oct 2, 1987: Beech 23BEECH, Mansfield, MA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing and veered off runway into a drainage ditch.

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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