- Date
- August 30, 1973
- Place
- Scituate, MA · SCITUATE, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7681RBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730830030039A
- Case key
- 189202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2434 73/8/30 NR.SCITUATE,MASS BEECH 23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1507 N7681R PX- 2 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 350 TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEVERLY,MASS PROVINCETOWN,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PAX STATED OIL ON WINDSHIELD,THEN ENG QUIT.DITCHED OFF COAST,ACFT SANK.PLT INJURY PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7681R
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.