Mansfield Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048
Friday, October 2, 1987 15:30 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/2/1987
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1530
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City MANSFIELD
Event State MASSACHUSETTS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 02048
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MANSFIELD
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 1B9
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 124
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 40
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 200
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 20
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2498
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 2 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1750
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 36797
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:55PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4007T
NTSB Number NYC88LA001
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model B23
Aircraft Series Identifier B23
Aircraft Serial Number M1114
Certified Max Gross Weight 2450
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 28 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 23
Airframe Hours 1529
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name DANA R. CLOW
Aircraft Owner Street Address 40 WALNUT STREET
Aircraft Owner City PLAINVILLE
Aircraft Owner State MA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 02762
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SFZ
Departure City PAWTUCKET
Departure State RI
Departure Country
Departure Time 1515
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 3B2
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 22
Runway Length 2200
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --