ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 3985
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| Date: | Thursday 22 April 1971 |
| Time: | 17:01 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | New England Aviation |
| Registration: | N144H |
| MSN: | D-2831 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Manchester, Nh -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | KMHT |
| KBOS | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot had difficulty keeping eng operating prior to t/o. Had 1 hr dual total in type acft.
As a 14 year old, growing up in Manchester, I was an eye witness to this accident. I was playing ball in the front yard of a friend on Goffs Falls road, ¼ mile north of the airport. The aircraft departed KMHT runway 35 on a VFR day enroute to BOS on a business charter for New England aviation. As the aircraft passed over the departure end numbers, the engine coughed a couple of times and quit. The pilot made a very steep right bank, apparently attempting to circle around to runway 24 and experienced an aerodynamic stall. The aircraft literally rapidly fell out of the sky, crashing on the northeast corner of KMHT next to some of the old Grenier AFB buildings. This charter was originated because a scheduled airline flight to BOS had cancelled and the passengers were trying to make a connecting flight home. The 3 business men who perished were travelling with two other colleagues who successfully flew to BOS on another New England Aviation aircraft, a Cessna 172 which had departed just ahead of the ill-fated Bonanza. I had been in the cockpit of N144H the week before this accident. It had just been acquired by New England Aviation. The pilot had not properly aligned the fuel tank selector valve, resulting in not fuel reaching the engine.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Jul-2010 21:09 | scaisse | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2013 13:30 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2020 18:44 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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