- Date
- October 21, 1987, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Beverly, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9249YPiper PA-31-310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871021062889A
- Case key
- 36038
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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 plt rprtd that drg an NDB apch, the acft 'broke out slightly above minimums' & that he maneuvered to land from a close-in, base leg. He stated that drg a left turn to final apch, the left eng began losing power. Rprtdly, there was a lack of response to control inputs as he tried to roll out on final & attempts to add power worsened the situation. Subsequently, the acft contacted the rwy left wing first & crash landed. Drg the sequence, the left main gear collapsed & the right eng folded under the right wing. No reason was found for the left eng to lose power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9249Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-324
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-A1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Sanford Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1987
- Departed
- LCI · Laconia, NH
- Destination
- BVY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BVY · Beverly Muni, runway 16, 4,637 × 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,746 total · 117 in this make and model · 3,611 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft unknown
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.