Charleston - White Plains

On September 22, 1990 at 10:05 AM, Charleston - White Plains experienced a crash involving Rockwell Grand Commander 690, operated by Westport Air Travel, with the event recorded near Byram Lake Reservoir New York.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During an IFR flight the pilot executed a forced landing in a reservoir after the engines quit due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot reported that the airplane was fueled, topped off, the night before departure from Charleston. Examination of the airplane showed the outboard fuel filler port cap on the left wing was not present. The majority of the liquid drained from the main fuel sump was water. The inboard and outboard fuel filler caps were present on the right wing. All six occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration N81628, MSN 690-11396, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.1649°, -73.6916°.