- Date
- July 9, 1989, 14:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place
- Beverly, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2752MPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890709020749A
- Case key
- 36431
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Probable cause
Collision with trees during an aborted landing and attempted go-around with insufficient remaining runway.
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 pilot attempted to make a go-around on rwy 27 after landing long. The pilot said he was afraid to use the brakes and added power but ran off the runway into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2752M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816305
- Airframe hours
- 3,175
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Beverly Flight Center,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Beverly Flight Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 27, 1989
- Departed
- BVY · Beverly, MA
- Airport
- BVY · Beverly, runway 27, 5,001 × 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 118 total · 4 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.