- Date
- September 11, 1983, 00:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Provincetown, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N28077Bellanca 17-31ATC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830911049189A
- Case key
- 35084
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed in cape cod bay during a night x-country flt. Two sections of wooden wing identified as from the same make and model as the missing acft were recovered from the bay during the 3 days following the flt of the acft. Other identified parts of the acft were recovered during the next two weeks but the major portion of the wreckage and its 3 occupants have not been recovered. The weather was VMC and the acft was on the return leg of a trip from boston to Provincetown that started on the morning of sept 11th. The plt and his bride had been in boston for 4 days on a honeymoon trip. The acft did not return to boston and the couples room was not distrubed after they departed on sept 11th. The acft made no known radio calls on the return flt. The coast guard searched for two days after the first missing parts were found on sept 12th and again on oct 4th when more wreckage was recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28077
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31ATC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78-31147
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1E5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J & S Kleen Car Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Airport
- PVC · Provincetown Mun
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 408 total · 30 in this make and model · 261 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HYA, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.