Mansfield Municipal Airport
Mansfield Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Town of Mansfield | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mansfield, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 1943[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 122 ft / 37.2 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°00′00″N 71°11′48″W / 42.00000°N 71.19667°W | ||||||||||||||
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Mansfield Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 1B9) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Mansfield, a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. During World War II, the airfield was Naval Outlying Landing Field Mansfield.[2]
It is a community airport located one mile from the Xfinity Center. The airport offers flight training, fuel, etc.
Facilities
Mansfield Municipal Airport covers 230 acres (93 ha) and has two runways:
- Runway 14/32: 3,500 x 75 ft. (1,067 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 4/22: 2,200 x 100 ft. (671 x 30 m), Surface: Turf
Accidents and incidents
- On July 26, 1981, a Piper Colt crashed shortly after takeoff; the pilot and passenger were uninjured.[3][4]
- On January 28, 1984, a Piper Arrow that departed Mansfield disappeared. Its wreckage was located near Gardner Municipal Airport on February 10, 1984; none of the four occupants survived.[5][6]
- On September 8, 2007, A Cessna 172 crashed on takeoff, killing two of the four occupants.[7][8][9]
- On February 15, 2014, a Cessna 172 practicing landings hit a snowbank and skidded off the runway; the pilot was uninjured.[10][11]
- On February 23, 2019, a flight instructor and student were killed when their Cessna 172 crashed at Mansfield; they had departed Norwood Memorial Airport an hour earlier.[12]
References
- ^ "Mansfield Municipal Airport". airnav.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ "Massachusetts Naval Air Bases, Coast Guard Bases, Military & Auxiliary Air Fields 1923-1945". Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society. 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "2 escape airport crash". The Boston Globe. July 27, 1981. p. 14. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "NTSB Identification: NYC81DNA22". NTSB. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ Arnold, David (February 11, 1984). "4 bodies removed from wreckage of small plane near E. Templeton". The Boston Globe. p. 21. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, Accident Number NYC84FA085". NTSB. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ Ballou, Brian; Haggerty, Ryan (September 9, 2007). "Two die in Mansfield plane crash". The Boston Globe. p. B1. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Lazar, Kay (September 10, 2007). "Official says plane stalled before Mansfield crash". The Boston Globe. p. B8. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, Accident Number ATL07FA125". NTSB. September 26, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ "Pilot misses runway, hits snowbank". The Boston Globe. February 16, 2014. p. B4. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, Accident Number ERA14CA124". NTSB. April 1, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ "Two killed in plane crash at Mansfield Municipal Airport, state police say". WCVB-TV. February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- Airport Master Record (FAA Form 5010), also available as a printable form (PDF)
External links
- Airport Commission at mansfieldma.com
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 1B9
- AirNav airport information for 1B9
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1B9
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