Beverly Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Beverly, Massachusetts 01915
Wednesday, February 22, 1984 13:20 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

A COMMERCIALLY RATED PLT (STUDENT) WAS RECEIVING MULTI-ENG TRAINING FROM AN INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI). THE STUDENT STATED THAT ON FINAL APCH TO LANDING, HE NOTICED THE AIRSPEED WAS SLOW WHEN THE CFI SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENG BY USING THE MIXTURE CONTROL. THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A STALL & SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED NOSE LOW IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE STUDENT WAS WEARING HIS SHOULDER HARNESS & SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT WITH EXTENSIVE LACERATIONS & A BROKEN NOSE. THE CFI WAS NOT WEARING HIS SHOULDER HARNESS; HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE HEAD WOULDS & DIED ABOUT 2 HRS LATER. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 2/22/1984
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1320
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City BEVERLY
Event State MASSACHUSETTS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 01915
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 2
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport BEVERLY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID BVY
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 5
Degrees magnetic from airport 90
Airport Elevation 108
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1324 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 290
Weather Observation Facility ID BVY
Elevation of weather observation facility 108
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 15000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 8
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 280
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
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 1
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2612
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 26551
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N60132
NTSB Number NYC84FA090
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model 76
Aircraft Series Identifier 76
Aircraft Serial Number ME-109
Certified Max Gross Weight 3900
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 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 17 1983 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 68
Airframe Hours 606
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Yes
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name FORREST D. MCKERLEY
Aircraft Owner Street Address 20 MAITLAND ST.
Aircraft Owner City CONCORD
Aircraft Owner State NH
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 03301
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name OMNI AVIATION
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 103 GRANITE STREET
Operator City W. DANVERS
Operator State MA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 02148
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
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) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code BVY
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1305
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27
Runway Length 5001
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --