Beechcraft F-33A N17985

Summary

On 11 October 1987 at about 14:51 local time, a Beechcraft F-33A registered N17985, operated by Robert F. MC Sweeney, was involved in an accident near Concord, New Hampshire, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 October 1987 at 14:51

Classification

Accident

Location

Concord, New Hampshire, United States

Nearest airport

Concord Municipal

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft F-33A

Registration

N17985

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert F. MC Sweeney

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Concord → Bedford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC88LA008

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.