Martha’s Vineyard – November 13, 1983
On November 13, 1983, a 59-year-old pilot left Martha’s Vineyard Airport bound for Rhode Island in a 31-year-old Beechcraft Bonanza. Shortly after takeoff, while the aircraft was at about 850 feet, the engine suddenly quit. Attempts to restart it were unsuccessful, and the pilot made an emergency landing in the water of the Vinyard’s Lagoon Pond about 100 yards from shore. The pilot escaped without injury and was rescued shortly afterwards by a man fishing nearby in his boat. The aircraft was later removed from the water.
Source:
Providence Evening Bulletin, “Barrington Pilot Escapes Injury”, November 15, 1983
