- Date
- July 13, 1974
- Place
- Laconia, NH · LACONIA, NH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N975MViking B-8
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740713022649A
- Case key
- 130695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2651 74/7/13 LACONIA,NH VIKING B-8 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1830 N975M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 50, 23700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 550 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LACONIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAUGUS BAY,NH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT FLOAT EQUIPPED HAD COMPETE POWER LOSS.MADE EMERG LDG ON FARM,NOSED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N975M
- Reported as
- Viking B-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laconia
N975MRegistered now · Viking Flying Boat KITTY HAWK B-8Airframe modelViking Flying Boat KITTY HAWK B-8Engine modelKinner R5 series
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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.