Piper PA-28R-200 accident near Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, July 21, 1983
On July 21, 1983 at about 2:45 pm local time, a Piper PA-28R-200, registered N2075T, was substantially damaged in an accident near Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts (Trade Winds airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 21, 1983 · about 2:45 pm local time
- Place
- Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts · Trade Winds
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200 · all PA-28R-200s on the register
- Registration
- N2075T · registry record · serial 71350019
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PLT REPORT THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL, HE ENCOUNTERED A BUMP ON THE RWY & THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE APRX 5 TO 10 FT. HE ELECTED TO GO AROUND RATHER THAN CONTINUE THE LANDING SINCE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO RECOVER & STOP SAFELY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO-AROUND, THE ACFT HIT THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF ANOTHER PLANE PARKED NEAR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN SLID ALONG A PARKING LOT & HIT A PARKED CAR & A 2ND PARKED ACFT.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 1,197 hours in all; 193 in this make and model; 45 in the last 90 days; 978 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,560 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, April 20, 1983; 25 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,900 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming IO-360-C11C (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: LWM Lawrence MA at 1:45 pm
- Destination: B18 Oak Bluffs MA
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 31, 1,900 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; scat at 4,000 ft
- Temperature: 75°F (24°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 2 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number NYC83LA186.