Viking B-8 N975M

13 July 1974 · Laconia, New Hampshire, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 July 1974 at about 18:30 local time, a Viking B-8 registered N975M was involved in an accident during in flight near Laconia, New Hampshire, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 July 1974 at 18:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Laconia, New Hampshire, United States
Nearest airport: Laconia
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Viking B-8
Registration: N975M
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Paugus Bay, Nh → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2651

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT FLOAT EQUIPPED HAD COMPETE POWER LOSS.MADE EMERG LDG ON FARM, NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2651, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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