# NTSB NYC69A0006: Beech T-34A, N5598A, Newburyport, MA, July 6, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1968
- Place: Newburyport, MA · NEWBURYPORT, MA
- Location: 42.8123° N, 70.8866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburyport, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8123&lon=-70.8866&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 12, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109948
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC69A0006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69A0006

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2124   68/7/6    NEWBURYPORT,MASS    BEECH T-34A         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 6500
        TIME - 1135                    N5598A              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PLUM ISLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- CRASHED APPROX 150 FT OFF SHORE IN OCEAN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5598A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH T-34A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Plum Island

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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