Mooney M20F accident near Beverly, MA

On June 19, 2025, a Mooney M20F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Beverly, MA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.

Date

June 19, 2025

Place

Beverly, MA

Aircraft

Mooney M20F · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Substantial

Position

42.000°N, 70.000°W

NTSB ID

20250620200355

Official records · ERA25FA230

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• NTSB Mor - Air Traffic Controller: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• FAA Atct Report - Excerpt Of Communications: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

On June 19, 2025, at 0846 eastern daylight time, N95735, a Mooney M20F, was involved in an accident near Beverly, Massachusetts. The commercial pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. The flight was conducted as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A preliminary review of air traffic control communications and airport security camera video revealed the airplane departed runway 16 at the Beverly Municipal Airport (BVY), Beverly, Massachusetts, at 0846. Shortly after the airplane became airborne, the engine began to backfire and brown smoke was observed trailing under the belly of the airplane. The pilot made a garbled call over the airport’s air traffic control tower frequency, and a controller cleared the pilot to land on any runway. The airplane initially made a right bank toward runway 27, before it banked left and descended from view behind trees. The engine continued to run rough, but engine RPM could still be heard as the airplane disappeared from view. The last radar return received on the airplane was at 0846:55. At that time, the airplane was 217 ft mean sea level (110 ft above ground level (agl)), at a ground speed of 65 knots on an easterly heading. A witness, who was a flight instructor at BVY, watched the airplane depart. He said there was a “significant reduction in power” when the plane was 150 ft agl and approximately halfway down the 5,001-ft-long runway. He said, “A few seconds later it seemed as though the plane got power back partially. The pilot initiated a left turn to the east (in what appeared to be an attempt to turn

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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.