- Date
- August 5, 1971
- Place
- Stow, MA · STOW, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6138NBeech B23
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162050
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1775 71/8/5 STOW,MASS BEECH B23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 115 TIME - UNK/NR N6138N PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINUTE MAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORCESTER,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/17/71. LOCATED WITHIN ARPT TRAFFIC PATTERN IN DENSELY WOODED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6138N
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Minute Man
N6138NRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 1971 · Beech B23Airframe modelBeech B23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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