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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing E75 · Greenwich, CT · September 1, 1996

Date: September 1, 1996
Place: Greenwich, CT
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N48566
Reported as: Boeing E75
Reported engine: Continental R670*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total2,500 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N48566Registered now · Boeing E75S/N 75-1497 · Built 1941 Airframe modelBoeing E75 Engine modelJacobs L4 /R755-7Reciprocating

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.

Narrative: pilot was giving ride out over the Greenwich, CT area-beach when he experienced engine trouble. He reported it cut out several times but got it to run by pumping the throttle. It continued to cut out and he landed in the water at the beach to avoid four people who did not move out of the way. Aircraft flipped upside down in 2-3 feet of water. No injuries. Aircraft was partially submerged in 7 feet of water due to tide coming in. Aircraft was removed to hanger at hpn.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS GIVING RIDE OUT OVER THE GREENWICH, CT AREA-BEACH WHEN HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE. HE REPORTED IT CUT OUT SEVERAL TIMES BUT GOT IT TO RUN BY PUMPING THE THROTTLE. IT CONTINUED TO CUT OUT AND HE LANDED IN THE WATER AT THE BEACH TO AVOID FOUR PEOPLE WHO DID NOT MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN IN 2-3 FEET OF WATER. NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN 7 FEET OF WATER DUE TO TIDE COMING IN. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED TO HANGER AT HPN.