42.3584° N, 71.0598° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 14, 1983 · 17:52 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N778R
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine started running rough on climbout declared emergency. Returned. Engine checked ok. Suspect water in fuel.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH ON CLIMBOUT DECLARED EMERGENCY. RETURNED. ENGINE CHECKED OK. SUSPECT WATER IN FUEL.