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| Date: | Monday 17 June 2024 |
| Time: | c. 14c. 14 |
| Type: |  Vans RV-6A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N715PA * |
| MSN: | 20437 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Adjacent Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM/KLWM), Lawrence, MA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Lawrence Airport, MA (LWM/KLWM) |
| Lawrence Airport, MA (LWM/KLWM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft, an Experimental Leon P Archambault RV-6A, Registration (*unconfirmed) N715PA, sustained undetermined damage subsequent to impact with the waters of the Merrimack River during an apparent ditching while in a right traffic pattern to Runway 23 at Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM/KLWM), Lawrence, Massachusetts. Pilot dead.
Sources:
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/merrimack-river-flipped-plane/3401978/
https://whdh.com/news/small-plane-crashes-into-merrimack-river-in-north-andover/
https://www.wcvb.com/article/aircraft-crashed-in-merrimack-river-in-north-andover-massachusetts/61145439
https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/video/55089481/pilot-killed-when-plane-crashes-into-river-near-methuen-ma
* Registration Unconfirmed
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N715PA/history/20240617/1808Z/KLWM/KLWM
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2024 20:35 | Geno | Added |
| 18-Jun-2024 04:10 | ASN | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 18-Jun-2024 21:20 | vasilf | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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