- Date
- April 19, 1990, 19:30 local (Apr 20, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marshfield, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2184NPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900419013839A
- Case key
- 36627
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing. Factors related to the accident were: the pilots limited experienced in type of airplane, and variable winds.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Terrain condition - soft
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2184N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7918041
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shorelines Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- 3B2 · Marshfield, MA
- Airport
- 3B2 · Marshfield, runway 24, 3,000 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 489 total · 15 in this make and model · 365 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 21 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.