- Date
- September 23, 1973
- Place
- East Boston, MA · EAST BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8437NBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730923032949A
- Case key
- 188464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3013 73/9/23 EAST BOSTON,MASS BEECH 95-B55 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2149 N8437N PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 36, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 224 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDSOR LOCKS,CONN EAST BOSTON,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DSCND BLO MDA,CRASHED IN HARBOR.OTR ACFT DIVERTED TO ALT ARPTS PRIOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8437N
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Logan Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8437N · 1
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