Concord Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Concord, New Hampshire 03301
Sunday, October 11, 1987 10:51 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT OBTAINED A TELEPHONE WX BRIEFING THEN FILED AN IFR FLT PLAN FOR A 1030 EDT DEPARTURE FM CONCORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PLT RPTD OFF CONCORD AT 800 FT AND CLIMBING AT 1047. MANCHESTER DEPARTURE CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGED, ASSIGNED A TRANSPONDER CODE, AND OBSERVED AN INDICATED ALTITUDE OF 1900 FT AT 1050 EDT. THE PLT DID NOT RESPOND TO MANCHESTER. THE ACFT CRASHED IN A SCHOOL YARD IN A STEEP DESCENT. WITNESSES GAVE CONFLICTING STATEMENTS REGARDING ENG NOISE. ONE WITNESS SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE THE ENGINE WENT TO FULL THROTTLE BEFORE IMPACT. PROP SLASH MARKS WERE OBSERVED AT THE IMPACT PT. THE ENG TEARDOWN REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/11/1987
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1051
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City CONCORD
Event State NEW HAMPSHIRE
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 03301
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 CONCORD MUNICIPAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1050 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID CON
Elevation of weather observation facility 346
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 900
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 400
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 2
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 4
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 3
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 30
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Light
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2545
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 11 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1120
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37206
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:56PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N17985
NTSB Number NYC88LA008
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model F-33A
Aircraft Series Identifier F-33A
Aircraft Serial Number CE-717
Certified Max Gross Weight 3400
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 Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Oct 5 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ROBERT F. MCSWEENEY
Aircraft Owner Street Address 33 CONSTITUTION RD.
Aircraft Owner City LEXINGTON
Aircraft Owner State MA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 02173
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name ROBERT F. MC SWEENEY
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 23 CONSTITUTION ROAD
Operator City LEXINGTON
Operator State MA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 02173
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 Yes
Departure Airport Code CON
Departure City CONCORD
Departure State NH
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code BED
Destination City BEDFORD
Destination State MA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
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 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --