Mansfield Municipal Airport

Mansfield Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 1B9) is a public airport located 2 mi (1.7 nmi; 3.2 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]

For the airport in Ontario, Canada, see Mansfield Airport.
Mansfield Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTown of Mansfield
LocationMansfield, Massachusetts
OpenedMay 1943[1]
Elevation AMSL122 ft / 37.2 m
Coordinates42°00′00″N 71°11′48″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 3,500 1,067 Asphalt
4/22 2,200 671 Turf

It is a community airport located 1 mi (1.6 km) 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 ft × 75 ft (1,067 m × 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 4/22: 2,200 ft × 100 ft (671 m × 30 m), Surface: Turf

Accidents and incidents
  • On 26 July 1981, a Piper Colt crashed shortly after takeoff; the pilot and passenger were uninjured.[3][4]
  • On 28 January 1984, a Piper Arrow that departed Mansfield disappeared. Its wreckage was located near Gardner Municipal Airport on 10 February 1984; none of the four occupants survived.[5][6]
  • On 8 September 2007, A Cessna 172 crashed on takeoff, killing two of the four occupants.[7][8][9]
  • On 15 February 2014, a Cessna 172 practicing landings hit a snowbank and skidded off the runway; the pilot was uninjured.[10][11]
  • On 23 February 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
  1. "Mansfield Municipal Airport". airnav.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  2. "Massachusetts Naval Air Bases, Coast Guard Bases, Military & Auxiliary Air Fields 1923-1945". Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society. 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. "2 escape airport crash". The Boston Globe. July 27, 1981. p. 14. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "NTSB Identification: NYC81DNA22". NTSB. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, Accident Number NYC84FA085". NTSB. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  7. 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.
  8. Lazar, Kay (September 10, 2007). "Official says plane stalled before Mansfield crash". The Boston Globe. p. B8. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  9. "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, Accident Number ATL07FA125". NTSB. September 26, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  10. "Pilot misses runway, hits snowbank". The Boston Globe. February 16, 2014. p. B4. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  11. "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report, Accident Number ERA14CA124". NTSB. April 1, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  12. "Two killed in plane crash at Mansfield Municipal Airport, state police say". WCVB-TV. February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.


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