Scituate, Massachusetts – August 27, 1967
On the evening of August 27, 1967, a Provincetown-Boston Airways twin-engine Lockheed Electra took off from Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, bound for Boston – a trip of about forty miles. There was a pilot and thirteen passengers aboard. While in-route the right engine began to malfunction, and the aircraft began to lose altitude. The pilot made repeated attempts to gain altitude, but was unsuccessful, and was forced to make an emergency water landing about 200 yards off the shore of Humarock Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts.
The landing was smooth, and there was no panic aboard the aircraft, which remained afloat for about eight minutes before sinking. Nearby pleasure boats raced to the scene to assist survivors. Five passengers who couldn’t swim were rescued from the wing of the airplane. Five others were rescued from the water, and four others swam to shore on their own. There were no fatalities, and only one passenger required medical treatment.
Sources:
New London Day, “All 14 Aboard Are Safe After Plane Is Ditched”, August 28, 1967
The Provincetown Advocate, “PBA Pilot Praised In Crash Landing”, August 31, 1967
