Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Newburyport Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Newburyport, Massachusetts 01951
Saturday, July 6, 2002 13:39 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot-rated passenger performed the takeoff and downwind departure. As he reduced the engine power to cruise, the engine lost power. The commercial pilot immediately took control of the airplane, but was unable to restore engine power. He set up for a forced landing on a road; however, a vehicle on the road prevented the landing. The commercial pilot then side-stepped the airplane and performed a forced landing in the adjacent marsh. During ground roll, the nose wheel collapsed and the airplane nosed over. Fuel system continuity was confirmed with no evidence of contamination observed. The engine was test run, utilizing the airplane fuel system. However, the engine power was kept low due to damaged engine mounts and vibration. The carburetor was examined and found to run rich at all power settings. The richness varied from 17 percent at idle to 2 1/2 percent at takeoff power.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
A power loss for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a subsequent forced landing to unsuitable terrain. A factor was the unsuitable terrain.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/6/2002 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1339 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Newburyport |
| Event State | MASSACHUSETTS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 01951 |
| Event Date Year | 2002 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 424630N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0704830W |
| Event Location Airport | Newburyport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 2B2 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 2 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 155 |
| Airport Elevation | 11 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1354 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 273 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | LWM |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 149 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 14 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 9 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 318 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.92 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1319 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 13008 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA New England Comm Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 6 2002 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1417 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 17 2003 10:27AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Boston, Massachusetts |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N823DA |
| NTSB Number | NYC02LA132 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Beech |
| Aircraft Model | C23 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | M-2089 |
| 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 | Jun 24 2002 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 91.6 |
| Airframe Hours | 6887.6 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Albert Graff |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 116 Kristin Road |
| Aircraft Owner City | Chelmsford |
| Aircraft Owner State | MA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 01824 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | General Aviation Services |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | L.P. Henderson Road |
| Operator City | Beverly |
| Operator State | MA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 01915 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | 2B2 |
| Departure City | Newburyport |
| Departure State | MA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1337 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | BVY |
| Destination City | Beverly |
| Destination State | MA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 27 2003 12:44PM |
| User who most recently changed record | PEAR |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 28 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |