Norfolk - Norfolk

On July 30, 1973 at 11:00 AM, Norfolk - Norfolk experienced a crash involving Beechcraft C18S, operated by Robert Wilmarth, with the event recorded near West Falmouth Massachusetts.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot, sole on board, departed Norfolk in the morning on a local pleasure flight. While flying over the ocean, he elected to transfer fuel from the right tank to the left tank when both engines failed simultaneously. Unable to restart them, he attempt to ditch the aircraft few miles off West Falmouth. The aircraft sank and was lost while the pilot was uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N44565, MSN 6859, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.6042°, -70.6348°.