Piper PA-28-161 accident near Beverly, MA
On August 27, 2010, a Piper PA-28-161 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Beverly, MA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: minor.
- Date
- August 27, 2010
- Place
- Beverly, MA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-161 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Minor
- Position
- 42.584°N, 70.916°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100827X64057
Official records · ERA10LA446
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 27, 2010, about 1226 eastern daylight time, a flight instructor giving instrument instruction in a Piper PA-28-161, N9184Y, operated by Beverly Flight Center Incorporated, was fatally injured at Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY), Beverly Massachusetts, when he exited the airplane with the engine operating, and made contact with the rotating propeller. The airplane received minor damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 local instructional flight. According to the pilot and flight instructor in a PiperSport (N602PS) who witnessed the accident, they were in the run-up area adjacent to the departure end of runway 34 at BVY. They were trying to close and lock the canopy on their airplane prior to takeoff but were unable to get the canopy to lock correctly. The accident airplane with the flight instructor and private pilot receiving instrument instruction was holding short of the active runway behind and to the right of them. They then observed the flight instructor in the accident airplane open the door of the accident airplane, exit, and then either jump, or stumble off, the leading edge of the right wing and come in contact with the moving propeller. According to the private pilot who was receiving instruction from the flight instructor in the accident airplane. He and the instructor had started out with a prebrief in the classroom of what they were going to do on the lesson that day. The private pilot stated that he and the instructor would socialize with ea
Probable cause
The flight instructor's decision to exit the airplane on the taxiway with the engine still operating, and his failure to avoid the rotating propeller.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
